Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	143% 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	94% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 701 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 222 Parallax 200 169% 209 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 193 Splatting 135 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 744 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 97 67 257700003870 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 51	94% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 482 Mixed 497 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 13.4 105% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 58.4 118% 235 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7883 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2206 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7694 (C2) HDA temperature 105 102 38 (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	92.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 159 Mixed 152 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.34 133% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 79GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41% Average	Read 97.9 Write 98.5 Mixed 80.2 117% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
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 $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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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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