Asus Z87-EXPERT

Performance Results

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


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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	91.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-EXPERT (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 12:17
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

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 i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 582 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780 4GB 988 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 3787) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 40% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$217 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 860GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9883 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 396 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 68 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 578288157
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22539 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3083 (B1) Unknown 94 94 185 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19236702633	91.4% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 434 Mixed 442 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 20.4 112% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 64.8 101% 190 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 116%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 70GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30681 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3148 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 265752 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3623 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 4288484911 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	38.8% Below average	Read 255 Write 72 Mixed 116 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 6.79 68% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 42.1 50% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 147 11125 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6811 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3048 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6766 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 157 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 3.37 4K Mixed 0.34 140% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,921 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 11.2 Mixed 11.6 17% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.85 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.68 55% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-EXPERT - $270

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	93x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	25x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	8x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 10,150 samples	7x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	7x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16