Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '23 at 19:45
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 182 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 445 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 375 381 348 381 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 337 Write 265 Mixed 237 SusWrite 362 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 26.2 87% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 148 139% 219 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 116%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 171 176 160 179 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 172 Write 193 Mixed 120 SusWrite 172 224% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 95%
H/W RAID 0 (Striping) 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 68 59 61 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34% Below average	Read 123 Write 74.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 63.7 85% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 37% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 55%
HzW RAID 5 9TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 29 27 24 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 119 Write 48.3 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 28.2 61% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 8% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,089x
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	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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