Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	284% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 13:40
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 585 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1917 1921 1885 1498 585 711 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,131 Write 1,755 Mixed 966 SusWrite 1,419 350% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 68.3 239% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 719 DQ Mixed 758 594% 827 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 353%
IBM ServeRAID M5014 478GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 173GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 250 251 247 237 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 306 Write 317 Mixed 261 SusWrite 245 64% 282 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 25.3 74% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 182 158% 232 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 100%
IBM ServeRAID M5014 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 372GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 34 33 34 33 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 69 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 33.6 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 106%
IBM ServeRAID M5014 800GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 45GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 33 34 33 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 73 SusWrite 33.6 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 139%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2400, 1333, 2400, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 72%

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Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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