Asus Z87-EXPERT

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.6% 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	80.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-EXPERT (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 623 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3778) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.6% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 39.3 Parallax 51 33% 43.6 fps	MRender 55.1 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 38 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 271 277 285 287 258 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 334 Write 244 Mixed 265 SusWrite 259 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 28.4 134% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 247 184% 245 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 88GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 73 73 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 91.3 Write 91 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 73.3 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 76%
WDC WD50 01AALS-00L3B2 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 205GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 39 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 41.3 52% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 94 95 96 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 93.7 Write 95.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 96.1 113% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 64%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-EXPERT - $270

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	94x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	25x

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 $140Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $647

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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