Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	136% 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	103% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 23:08
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 208 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 554 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	136% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 206 Parallax 229 142% 203 fps	MRender 242 Gravity 208 Splatting 130 151% 193 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 728GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 231 224 239 264 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 472 Mixed 436 SusWrite 243 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 50.6 167% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 345 262% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1TB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 232 225 240 267 278 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 478 Mixed 341 SusWrite 245 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 45.1 149% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 273 224% 320 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 119%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 407GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 233 226 241 269 279 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 477 Mixed 394 SusWrite 246 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 51.8 175% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 257 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 126%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 145 147 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 137 Write 128 Mixed 64 SusWrite 145 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 925GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 134 132 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 106 Write 39 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 133 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 132 132 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 117 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 131 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 82%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -3 197GB 182GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 25 26 23 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.6% Poor	Read 88 Write 22.7 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 24.2 38% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.4 94% 2.77 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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