Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '19 at 06:31
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 518 68% 514 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 109 86% 111 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6795 Write 5,468 Mixed 5,770 1,338% 6,011 MB/s	4K Read 556 4K Write 282 4K Mixed 366 1,460% 401 MB/s	DQ Read 1430 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 1385 1,028% 1,358 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 166 170 174 168 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 188 Mixed 76 SusWrite 170 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.9 219% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 199 198 187 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 185 Mixed 79 SusWrite 195 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.4 190% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 130 132 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 129 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 131 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 96%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 147GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 168 170 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 170 Mixed 110 SusWrite 169 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.5 320% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 76%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,089x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	105x
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	58x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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