Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	36.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 22:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 198 81% 137 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 603 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX Titan-$1,088 6,806 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Asus(1043 8451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.7% Average	Lighting 55.4 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 71 45% 60.6 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 47.7 47% 58.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 50%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 118% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 104 101 96 96 93 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.2% Below average	Read 185 Write 162 Mixed 106 SusWrite 101 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 16 58% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 59.1 57% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 110%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 54GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 150 159 161 160 167 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.3% Below average	Read 156 Write 194 Mixed 138 SusWrite 158 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 8.5 42% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 89.5 80% 121 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 34 35 33 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 42.7 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 34.6 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,538 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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