Asus Z87-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-WS (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '22 at 19:31
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 175 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 568 51% 429 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 122 Parallax 143 112% 134 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 106 Splatting 92.3 91% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900B12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 39 129 24 119 44 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.4% Average	Read 134 Write 93.4 Mixed 179 SusWrite 80.1 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 26.5 100% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 113 106% 165 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 91%
Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 1TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 638GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 163 164 164 163 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 177 Write 158 Mixed 103 SusWrite 162 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 94%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 41 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 35.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 40.4 27% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 614GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 109 102 108 108 104 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 96.2 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 106 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 68%

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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-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

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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 $40	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