Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '22 at 21:11
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 221 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 631 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 132 108% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 102% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 651GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 393 348 320 315 307 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 450 Mixed 405 SusWrite 346 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 57 188% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 356 266% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 976GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 395 406 421 419 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 464 Mixed 454 SusWrite 406 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 56 188% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 2.8 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 0.2 SusWrite 1.7 35% 169 MB/s	4K Read 102 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3 160% 36 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 184GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 393 405 420 418 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 468 Mixed 345 SusWrite 405 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 43.3 154% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 149 139% 210 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 26.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 122%

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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	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16