Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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	67.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 09:04
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 615 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 4069) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 235 Reflection 212 Parallax 202 192% 216 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 158 Splatting 140 133% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 89 83 83 66 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 339 Write 335 Mixed 263 SusWrite 90.6 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 38.1 121% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 139 129% 200 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 62GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 210 237 233 203 223 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 741 Write 233 Mixed 262 SusWrite 222 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 13.3 76% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 231 191% 276 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 182%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 156GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 360 355 357 347 333 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 444 Write 400 Mixed 321 SusWrite 347 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 30.1 130% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 103 102% 168 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 108%
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 190GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 361 355 357 347 333 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 419 Mixed 315 SusWrite 347 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 40.2 147% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 150 164% 277 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$168 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 2TB free Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2182 2183 2178 2162 2192 2176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,251 Write 2,085 Mixed 1,991 SusWrite 2,179 479% 2,126 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 81.3 265% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 559 DQ Mixed 736 532% 690 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 526%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 40GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 80 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 76.4 Write 79.7 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 81.8 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 372GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 103 103 101 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 83.2 Write 89.6 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 101 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 24.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

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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