Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '21 at 20:52
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 191 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 406 52% 396 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 91.5 80% 95.5 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 86.9 Splatting 78.5 77% 96.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 87 87 88 90 85 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 240 Write 119 Mixed 170 SusWrite 86 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 28.3 107% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 75.6 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 71 61% 88.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 474GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 147 145 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 154 Mixed 131 SusWrite 145 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 109%
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB-$32 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 64GB free Firmware: 0012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 32.5 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 33.8 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 33%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 18GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 71.6 Write 78.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 75.7 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%

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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	1,091x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	235x

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	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
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	59x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	52x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16