Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.9% 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	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 189 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 598 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1262 MHz, MLim: 1507 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 31.8 22% 28 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 25.8 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1418 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1080 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 255 (AE) Unknown 100 100 202 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 55 193273528349 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 38865969209 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1232594687 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2811495838	82.6% Excellent	Read 496 Write 269 Mixed 352 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 27.7 117% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 51.6 92% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0711 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 175 Write 138 Mixed 118 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 104%
Seagate ST1000DX001 1TB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 714GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88025552 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43354027 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 588840990 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67977 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 47244640286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35656818500702 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14450932491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14269762501	109% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 173 Mixed 157 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
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 $109Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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