Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 14:21
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 432 61% 450 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 147 Parallax 127 99% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8841472	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 489 Mixed 504 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.4 173% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 158 171% 285 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 26299993 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 79070347947468 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (0D) Soft read error rate 45 45 16071793921625 (64) Unknown 0 0 50946 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3232 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 50 85902622754 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 85902622754 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26299993 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 109 109 86144159055872 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26299993 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26299993 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 12 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48194 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14560 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14560 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9686	73.9% Very good	Read 472 Write 180 Mixed 194 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 19.5 132% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 12.7 44% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 86%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 31GB free Firmware: 2CV102G9 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30982 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2626 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 251 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 526780 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2342206511 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 -92314830674195 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3399403599 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	22% Poor	Read 257 Write 76.9 Mixed 120 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 4.64 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 10 20% 5.24 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 46%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 8108 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12079 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 84178 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.1% Good	Read 117 Write 99 Mixed 109 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 438GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 8083 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13651 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 149738 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 105 Mixed 124 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,087x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	105x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	51x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16