Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	69.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130819
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '16 at 18:50
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 543 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 112% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2M080G2LE 80GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 49GB free Firmware: 2CV102J6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8020 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2697 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 853 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 149976 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 17565 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2925265423 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	40.2% Average	Read 256 Write 83.6 Mixed 126 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 6.87 69% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 46.8 54% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 42%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7769 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1100 (B1) Unknown 95 95 59 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26702512171	69.6% Good	Read 364 Write 251 Mixed 255 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 21.4 105% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 67.9 84% 151 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 118%
Intel SSDSA2M080G2LE 80GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 37GB free Firmware: 2CV102J6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7915 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2690 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 841 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 172507 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 7361 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 4261931591 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	39.8% Below average	Read 249 Write 80.2 Mixed 122 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 6.8 69% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 46.3 55% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 42%
Intel SSDSA2M080G2LE 80GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 34GB free Firmware: 2CV102J6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7552 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2687 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 838 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 161912 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 19074 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2693041409 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	39.5% Below average	Read 256 Write 72.4 Mixed 121 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 6.7 69% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 72.9 DQ Mixed 45.3 54% 97.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 42%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12110 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1883 (B1) Unknown 92 92 263 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17123881231	72.8% Very good	Read 497 Write 305 Mixed 380 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 19.4 88% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 63.4 76% 139 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56693576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 246058 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 67 471203867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3052 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54060753354365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8372650388 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2344483066	106% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 168 Mixed 171 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 329GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5257 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6779 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13336 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389347356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6862	53.7% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 95.3 Mixed 124 79% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 71%

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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	1,089x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	235x

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 $90Bench 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	52x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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