Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.9% 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	232% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '20 at 09:34
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 665 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.9% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 43 Parallax 38.5 33% 40.7 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 33.5 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 928 840 756 861 825 561 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,043 Write 1,332 Mixed 794 SusWrite 795 275% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 61.9 229% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,015 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 442 395% 615 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 283%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 149GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 62 55 68 79 67 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	92.7% Outstanding	Read 254 Write 194 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 66.4 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 521% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 202%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 15GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 18 29 11 16 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 93.2 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 24.9 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 249%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 748GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 158 159 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 151 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 158 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 98%
Hitachi HUS722T2TALA604 2TB 1,161 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: RAGNWA09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 173 174 176 178 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 117 Write 219 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 177 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 395% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 111%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 103GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 201 201 201 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 180 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 200 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.6 288% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

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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	1,091x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	235x

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	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

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

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16