Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% 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	211% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 05:27
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 677 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.2 82% 102 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.5 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 884GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 903 920 928 957 928 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,583 Write 1117 Mixed 772 SusWrite 923 245% 1,099 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.7 212% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 570 DQ Mixed 582 437% 581 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 445%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 178 180 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 142 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 177 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 26GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 87 87 87 49 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 122 Write 57.3 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 76.3 88% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.2 94% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 61%

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

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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	1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x

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	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	105x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	51x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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