Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	153% 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	16% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '24 at 04:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 245 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 598 56% 463 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 226 Reflection 213 Parallax 208 184% 216 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 156 Splatting 138 133% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 15 28 40 17 19 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16% Very poor	Read 258 Write 17 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 23.2 16% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.2 16% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 102%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 9GB free Firmware: P0510E SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 21 24 23 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 99 96 97 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 85.6 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 97.6 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 104%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 141GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 36 46 20 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 61.8 Write 24.4 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 27.7 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 75%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 13GB free Firmware: 1AA01114 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 9.4 8.7 6.7 9.1 9.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-062.A00LF 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.3% 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	68	54	60	23"	1280 720	GSM59C6 2D FHD LG TV

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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	1,092x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	236x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16