Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 564 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 198 Parallax 178 142% 184 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 171 Splatting 127 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7542 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1698 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 128 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 57 184684576800 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20691806408 (F7) Unknown 100 100 646856122 (F8) Unknown 100 100 548468287	96.8% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 388 Mixed 408 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 32.4 131% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 67 108% 210 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8333 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3782 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10304 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12180 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 17	64.4% Good	Read 142 Write 82.2 Mixed 91 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.47 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 165 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3783 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85044 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 10	29.3% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 47.9 Mixed 53.2 39% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.12 61% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 138 132 12058 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1895 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2237 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 147 Mixed 165 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.23 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

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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	1,085x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	233x

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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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