Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22% 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	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 03:57
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 400 55% 406 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 31.6 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 25.6 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 243GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 169 1716 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1066 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11638 (C2) HDA temperature 108 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	13.7% Very poor	Read 142 Write 124 Mixed 106 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 2% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11329 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2708 (B1) Unknown 96 96 46 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 238 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32104860085	66.4% Good	Read 363 Write 250 Mixed 258 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 22.9 110% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 22.8 37% 67 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 31GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10970 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2646 (B1) Unknown 97 97 108 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 263 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5778542394	42.5% Average	Read 358 Write 156 Mixed 227 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 8.75 60% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 9.93 14% 23.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2133, 1600, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 55%

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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 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,092x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	236x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16