Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 20:33
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 576 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Winkom Pro ML-240 240GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19149114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 -117278376952041 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2444 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 355 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19149114 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19149114 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19149114 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38150 (EA) Unknown 0 0 31799 (F1) Unknown 0 0 31799 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35761	71.7% Very good	Read 466 Write 227 Mixed 262 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 11.6 103% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 44.2 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23236 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1799 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 241 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12982691003	89.2% Excellent	Read 497 Write 339 Mixed 344 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 26.5 131% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 82 99% 176 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 126%
Winkom S8240 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 45GB free Firmware: 2.54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5833084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 57887569245057 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2034 (0D) Soft read error rate 57 57 -121002107797124 (64) Unknown 0 0 11295 (AA) Unknown 0 0 15872 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 291 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 73018048550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5833084 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 102 102 1632087572480 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5833084 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5833084 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9080 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7548 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7548 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32777	78.4% Very good	Read 489 Write 251 Mixed 311 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 13.5 116% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 63.1 96% 181 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91043608 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2869184 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 700 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 606076964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20620 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 64424509476 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129050882340350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19315430029 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44932515378	99.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 166 Mixed 158 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 438GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6675584 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8201176 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1652 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 589234210 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11670 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 77309411362 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 34011846022487 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17742226534 (F2) Unknown 100 253 242673923003	79.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 96.5 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.78 203% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 438GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65877992 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6122 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11620688 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1648 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622919717 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1007 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16513 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 81604378661 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64141041593157 (F1) Unknown 100 253 252431616315 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12972061961	71.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 102 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.4 176% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1387 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $135

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,092x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	236x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $157	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16