Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 00:33
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 377 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 144 Parallax 126 115% 137 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 66GB free Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (64) Unknown 100 100 2725632 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 41 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 171800002590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 42 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 41 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 42 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1937 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1776 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3914 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 945	74.7% Very good	Read 371 Write 370 Mixed 371 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 19 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 17.9 26% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 159%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9708 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1365 (B1) Unknown 96 96 40 (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 72 65 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13879953633	66.9% Good	Read 360 Write 250 Mixed 249 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 18.7 113% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 18.6 37% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 439GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2862 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2849 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2799 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	68.8% Good	Read 128 Write 112 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 85GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 198 3033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4408 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4054 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4409 (C2) HDA temperature 121 115 26 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.9% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 109 Mixed 78.5 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.57 140% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 68%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% 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	1,091x
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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16