Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% 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	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '23 at 19:11
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 208 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 532 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.7 37% 44.6 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 36.8 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 59 53 53 55 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 428 Write 101 Mixed 208 SusWrite 61.1 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 121 110% 173 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 PRO 256GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 214GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 290 293 288 296 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 417 Write 379 Mixed 378 SusWrite 292 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 33 113% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 183 144% 206 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 226GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 217 176 168 168 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 429 Write 391 Mixed 319 SusWrite 197 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 28.8 96% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 147 126% 191 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 280 292 284 308 314 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 324 Write 305 Mixed 273 SusWrite 288 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 29.7 100% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 156 126% 182 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 134%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 181 177 176 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 166 Write 171 Mixed 113 SusWrite 176 212% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	53	43	60	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0C44 SAMSUNG

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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	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16