Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 20:53
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 625 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 103 Parallax 98 78% 99 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 94.2 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 281 281 280 284 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 477 Mixed 389 SusWrite 300 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.6 206% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 55GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 134 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 252 Write 134 Mixed 140 SusWrite 133 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 22.8 82% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 70.8 66% 102 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 48%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 448GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 106 112 117 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 110 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 225GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 64 68 71 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 90.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 68.3 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 69GB free Firmware: CR100-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 12 37 27 50 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	8.89% Terrible	Read 0.2 Write 37.1 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 30.6 19% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 31% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 8.89% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 61%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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 $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