Asus Z87-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-WS (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 08:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 203 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 616 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3696) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1574 MHz, MLim: 1848 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 80.4 75% 87.7 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 81 Splatting 72.3 65% 80.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 117 118 117 119 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 347 Write 150 Mixed 200 SusWrite 120 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 37.6 138% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 104 96% 149 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 136GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 106 98 50 57 75 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 451 Write 271 Mixed 320 SusWrite 125 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 33.7 129% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 175 158% 238 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 102%
SDLF1CRR-019T-1HA2 2TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: RPA1ZH06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 435 435 441 441 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 316 Write 440 Mixed 341 SusWrite 437 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 35.7 117% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 222 178% 250 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3750640NS P 750GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 186GB free Firmware: 3.BUF SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 48 48 48 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 69 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 47.5 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 76%

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Typical Z87-WS Builds (Compare 77 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus Z87-WS

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	22x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	15x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	15x

GPU
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
Raid 1 Volume 500GBIntelBench 146%, 1,321 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x

RAM
CM3X2G1600C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 50%, 173 samples	4x
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 60%, 1,419 samples	4x
9905403-848.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 10 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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