Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	82.6% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 20:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 462 59% 448 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 93% 115 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 96.7 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 260 154 120 124 99 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 394 Write 380 Mixed 317 SusWrite 177 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 33.8 136% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 185 178% 280 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 211GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 107 107 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 133 Write 66.2 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 108 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 75%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 267GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 64 64 64 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 61 Write 54.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 63 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% 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 2,535 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	1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
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 $109Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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