Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 06:14
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 247 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 481 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 422 395 383 379 386 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 459 Mixed 393 SusWrite 404 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.7 195% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 103GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 78 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 86.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 77.3 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 71%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 245GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 79 78 77 79 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 85 Write 84.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 78.8 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 355GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 256 255 253 260 268 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 296 Write 239 Mixed 104 SusWrite 259 164% 225 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.6 312% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 72%

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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	1,087x
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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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