Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 21:40
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 344 48% 353 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 47 Parallax 41.5 40% 45.9 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 38 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 384 437 436 437 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 434 Mixed 416 SusWrite 389 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.3 183% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 294 222% 296 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 842GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 160 161 161 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 151 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 158 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 216GB free Firmware: JP4OA25C SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 67 67 66 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 37.6 Write 62.3 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 67.8 35% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 74%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 47GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 64 63 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 83.8 Write 68 Mixed 46 SusWrite 62.8 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 442GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 101 101 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 96 Write 102 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 97.7 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 67%

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

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,087x
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 $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 $273	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 $15	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