Asus Z87-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-WS (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 05:01
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 384 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 196 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 579 49% 424 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P4600 2,141 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 6.44 3% 5.73 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 7.7 4% 4.95 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 170GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 3905 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 136 (A3) Unknown 100 100 63 (A4) Unknown 100 100 86182 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 46029 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1113554 (F2) Unknown 100 100 584044 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1378912	97.8% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 425 Mixed 457 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 35.2 130% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 70.7 108% 203 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 900 Write 877 Mixed 779 190% 852 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 23.2 90% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 90.1 144% 274 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 291%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 41207 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 105 (B1) Unknown 93 93 75 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 65 43 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79208277800	82.2% Excellent	Read 472 Write 335 Mixed 341 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 20.9 103% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 84.5 115% 212 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 126%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 162GB free Firmware: APGNT517 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 139 139 96 (03) Spinup time 172 172 38685704485 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3502 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5198 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 227634577446 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 134 Mixed 165 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
KB_8G_D3_1866_C10 4x8GB 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns

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Typical Z87-WS Builds (Compare 76 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus Z87-WS

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	22x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	15x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	14x

GPU
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
Raid 1 Volume 500GBIntelBench 146%, 1,321 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x
T253X5240G 240GBTeamBench 70%, 626 samples	4x

RAM
CM3X2G1600C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 50%, 173 samples	4x
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 60%, 1,419 samples	4x
9905403-848.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 10 samples	4x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $575

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 $15	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