Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 01:49
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 530 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 526 32% 526 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (78 fps cap detected)	63.3% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 77.4 64% 78.4 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 77.5 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 133 132 132 132 121 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 400 Write 148 Mixed 205 SusWrite 128 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.2 144% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 157 119% 160 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 274 274 274 274 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 476 Mixed 426 SusWrite 266 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.1 194% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 226 206% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 56GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 321 355 360 352 331 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 347 Write 335 Mixed 265 SusWrite 318 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 39.5 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 128 123% 195 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1867, 2133, 1867, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,087x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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	51x
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