Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (25%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 07:10
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 130 2-Core 235 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 699 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 200 Parallax 213 160% 203 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 192 Splatting 131 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 459 462 462 460 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 458 Mixed 417 SusWrite 437 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.4 203% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 304 244% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 404GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 150 151 151 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 108 Write 113 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 150 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0423 Vulcan-2133 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0423 Vulcan-2133 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1600, 2133, 1600, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,560 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $135

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,097x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	236x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	98x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	60x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $351

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16