Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 09:30
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	MDA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 78.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 650 70% 555 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4248 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16902 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2502 (B1) Unknown 84 84 579 (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 60 50 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33684249278	75.2% Very good	Read 497 Write 299 Mixed 386 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 17.9 117% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 15.2 27% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 110%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 813GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9126 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12457 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13425 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3180 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 48 223339151397 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 40 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 33 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12489	53% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 106 Mixed 86.4 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.54 130% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 801GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 53 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 9068 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9067 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13544 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3221 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 48 223339085863 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4990 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9107	52.8% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 94.2 Mixed 75.5 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.51 104% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 117GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 129 129 34388902334 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2283 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8334 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 223339413543 (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 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 91.4 Mixed 87.9 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0420 0420 Transcend JM1600KLH-8G 20GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.3% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 69%

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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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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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