Asus Z87-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.2% 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	83% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-WS (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131004
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 23:34
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 195 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 528 51% 422 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.2 83% 104 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 101 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 197 202 202 207 199 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 398 Write 243 Mixed 243 SusWrite 202 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 37.7 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 239 184% 255 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 112GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 220 253 249 262 249 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 446 Write 387 Mixed 332 SusWrite 245 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 34 104% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 346 261% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 38GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 220 252 249 262 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 428 Mixed 326 SusWrite 245 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.1 170% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 154 168% 282 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 71GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 219 251 248 261 248 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 434 Mixed 368 SusWrite 244 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 56 182% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 42GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 219 252 248 261 248 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 381 Mixed 360 SusWrite 244 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.4 205% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 330 255% 348 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 4x4GB 490 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.6 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

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

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Typical Z87-WS Builds (Compare 77 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-WS

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	22x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	15x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	15x

GPU
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
Raid 1 Volume 500GBIntelBench 146%, 1,321 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x

RAM
CM3X2G1600C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 50%, 173 samples	4x
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 60%, 1,419 samples	4x
9905403-848.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 10 samples	4x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $651

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16