Asus Z87-EXPERT

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	106% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-EXPERT (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 22:08
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 185 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 541 54% 442 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 150 Parallax 162 130% 157 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 112% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 370 396 393 416 388 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 410 Mixed 339 SusWrite 388 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 44.1 153% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 339 260% 352 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 341GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 398 408 394 418 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 426 Mixed 344 SusWrite 398 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 51.7 172% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 166 177% 294 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 126%
Jmicron Disk 4TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 154 143 154 144 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 76 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 148 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 1d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.8 6.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.77% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 5.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.5 9% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.77% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.7% 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 44%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-EXPERT - $270

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	93x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	25x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	8x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 10,150 samples	7x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	7x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $637

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