Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 09:20
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$40 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 528 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1636 MHz, MLim: 1842 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 63.6 55% 67.2 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 113 112 108 115 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 421 Mixed 365 SusWrite 142 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 52.2 173% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ7LH3T8HMLT-000 4TB 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.7% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 41.1 Mixed 39 SusWrite 12.1 7% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 12.2 40% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 25.7 DQ Mixed 24.1 18% 23.4 MB/s

Samsung MZ7LH1T9HMLT-00005 2TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 544GB free Firmware: 304Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 419 421 425 409 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 438 Mixed 390 SusWrite 412 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 34 123% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 120%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 114GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 124 102 97 116 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 83.6 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 105 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 96%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 2TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 2.9 3 3 2.9 3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 40.4 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 3 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 92%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 2TB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3 3 2.9 2.9 3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 39.7 Mixed 35.1 SusWrite 3 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 87%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 4TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3 2.9 3 3 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 40.7 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 4.3 23% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 87%
Jmicron Generic DISK03 6TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 3 3 2.9 2.9 3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 40.6 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 3 21% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 320% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 58%
Seagate ST6000NM0115-1YZ110 6TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.6 7.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 40 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 6.5 22% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.1 302% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 123%
Seagate ST6000NM 0275-2BS110 6TB 5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 40.2 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 6.4 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.1 287% 2.7 MB/s

WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B0 6TB 562GB free Firmware: ER03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 124 122 124 124 124 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 121 Write 202 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 125 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 292% 2.33 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 71%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $75Bench 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) $28	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