Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '23 at 20:48
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 203 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 592 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.9 83% 101 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 91.2 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 442 445 463 460 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 440 Mixed 308 SusWrite 447 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 39.6 136% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 165 170% 279 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 116%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 171 171 172 177 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 176 Write 193 Mixed 128 SusWrite 174 228% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.4 265% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 95%
H/W RAID 0 (Striping) 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 68 80 85 89 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.3% Average	Read 175 Write 103 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 78.6 117% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 32% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 55%
HzW RAID 5 9TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 55 60 62 47 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 134 Write 52.2 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 53.4 79% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 71%

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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	1,091x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16