Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '20 at 12:01
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 566 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 185 Parallax 194 131% 180 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 253 252 223 172 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 322 Write 242 Mixed 214 SusWrite 205 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 35.5 118% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 130 118% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 97%
Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCIe 480GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 171GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 298 306 308 264 246 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 290 Write 279 Mixed 247 SusWrite 281 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 29.7 101% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 350 260% 345 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 156%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 929GB free Firmware: ABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 150 152 151 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 157 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 151 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 23GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 21 18 16 12 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 34 Write 18.5 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 14.7 26% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 63% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]123(F/Y/R 4x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 87%

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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 2,539 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,088x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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