Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '16 at 23:15
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 571 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7950 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 909 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2553970582	91.5% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 344 Mixed 352 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 25.6 136% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 70.7 99% 183 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7956 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 909 (B1) Unknown 97 97 34 (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 63 60 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 86 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13487168819	80.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 341 Mixed 352 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 16.5 122% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 83.1 72% 103 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 118%
Fusion-io ioDrive 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 36GB free Firmware: 7.1.13 rev 109322 Public Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.5% Very good	Read 197 Write 194 Mixed 197 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 42 180% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.1 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 29 30% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193919056 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4605 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 8592790272 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 494491664414 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30106 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42193758718558 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3415459774 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2639922098	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 176 Mixed 154 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16