Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.5% 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	22.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '22 at 20:07
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 172 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 239 32% 240 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 32.2 20% 30 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 21.6 19% 23.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
S900-256 256GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0303B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 63 1.2 2.4 15 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 330 Write 163 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 35.3 29% 135 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.3 28% 7.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 22 24 23 22 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 60%

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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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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 $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