Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 584 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 40.2 28% 35.4 fps	MRender 42.1 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.1 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2KR120H6 120GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 53 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 38 103081705510 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24288 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24288 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29701 (F9) Unknown 100 100 478 (FC) Unknown 100 100 7	81.6% Excellent	Read 500 Write 71.2 Mixed 270 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.4 149% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 80.6 109% 200 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 52GB free Firmware: 400i Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 346 Write 134 Mixed 218 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 13.7 61% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 13.7 21% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 572GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8490 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11021 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2301 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 492 (B8) Unknown 1 1 372 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 73 48 454623259 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 209315 (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 99 98 2060 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	33.9% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 65.2 Mixed 65.2 46% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.39 85% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 60%
Samsung SP0812C 80GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 15GB free Firmware: SU100-34 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4096 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 69755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (C2) HDA temperature 160 91 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11268 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	18.8% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 33.5 Mixed 31.7 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 32%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2258 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4198 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4198 (C2) HDA temperature 111 89 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1026 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.1% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 65.1 Mixed 70.2 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,541 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $176	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