Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 581 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 160 Parallax 139 102% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 30GB free Firmware: X231 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12692 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 782 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 68 (A9) Unknown 100 100 295 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 53 227634184226 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 256 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8163 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5542 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7174 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	68.1% Good	Read 266 Write 236 Mixed 254 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 20.6 123% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 48 67% 123 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 99%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1267 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 71 71 875 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17893013652877 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 71 71 29 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	65% Good	Read 489 Write 186 Mixed 269 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 4.96 109% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 84.6 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 6.35 30% 66 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 72%
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 17GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 708 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655400 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2106	91.8% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 387 Mixed 429 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 13.6 132% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 13.7 71% 162 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388246962 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 260 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 176095100967 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 150 Mixed 110 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 97 130219864 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 37 35 27230123350233 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 170 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 572194846 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61844 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -96718368533488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14095464275 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29422559400	51.1% Above average	Read 36.7 Write 141 Mixed 130 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 114%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 609GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 171 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2467 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21348 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48% Average	Read 76.3 Write 90.8 Mixed 116 72% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 58GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 139 139 34387984779 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 159 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 171800199204 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.9% Very good	Read 104 Write 147 Mixed 103 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 71%

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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	1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	105x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	51x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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