Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	89.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 14:22
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 594 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2104 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.2 88% 108 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S240G 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 77 55111863 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 56335 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27702539059205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 69 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 98784247836 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 77 55111863 (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 95090575933444 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30099937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25011926	16.9% Very poor	Read 162 Write 108 Mixed 81.5 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 8.84 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.18 14% 3.52 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 18%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 166 166 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 267 (C2) HDA temperature 75 53 201864904729 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 506 Write 465 Mixed 494 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 39.3 98% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 99.7 99% 162 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 104%
Toshiba THNSNJ128GCSU 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 5GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5993 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5669507827895 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 91 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 154 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 29 304942678051 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3191179772647 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4896 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21040 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14233 (F2) Unknown 253 253 61080 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72% Very good	Read 504 Write 406 Mixed 347 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 5.04 62% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 5.75 65% 150 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 530GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 179 179 34380644673 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5220 (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 19699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1297 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12084 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12084 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 227634839584 (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	72.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 118 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 107%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 78GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 157 4850 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 55298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3526 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 640 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7843 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 32 (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 200 199 0	50.2% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 80 Mixed 78.5 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 47GB free Firmware: MS2OA7S0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 87 87 4325404 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896370862 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11848 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11848 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 214749806623 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 6939 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11811199151 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12954943863	70.9% Very good	Read 119 Write 128 Mixed 107 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0118 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 60%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

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 $62Bench 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 $133	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