Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 03:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 753 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 125 Parallax 102 90% 112 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 117 109 107 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 420 Write 328 Mixed 275 SusWrite 135 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 31.7 139% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 150 141% 214 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 181GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 434 432 429 459 449 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 445 Mixed 429 SusWrite 437 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 45.2 178% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 132 133 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 169 Write 137 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 133 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 665GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 135 137 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 137 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 4x4GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 25.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 73%

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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	1,089x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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	52x
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