Asus Z87-EXPERT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	77.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-EXPERT (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 (72^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 512 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 18911 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4091 (A6) Unknown 100 100 114 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 362 (A9) Unknown 100 100 420 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 217 (AE) Unknown 100 100 207 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 53 227634774055 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1815 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 56580 (F1) Unknown 253 253 24175 (F2) Unknown 253 253 100309 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	77.4% Very good	Read 404 Write 390 Mixed 297 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 21.7 118% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 14.2 24% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 99%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 132 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2060 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2009 (C2) HDA temperature 101 90 42 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 94.8 Mixed 100 72% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 161GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4531 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17650 (C2) HDA temperature 104 82 43 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 16	42.9% Average	Read 87.6 Write 61.9 Mixed 72 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3320820AS_P 320GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 157GB free Firmware: 3.BQE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 57 1168469056142 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4815 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 31 842137650 (C2) HDA temperature 50 69 85899345970 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 58 82952367 (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 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.7% Average	Read 70.9 Write 74.2 Mixed 64.1 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 70GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8256 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23842 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22688 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4818 (BE) vendor-specific 63 35 37 (C2) HDA temperature 127 43 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 56626 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	28% Poor	Read 56.7 Write 40.6 Mixed 41 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.25 66% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 41%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 269GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 146 Write 145 Mixed 133 181% 141 MB/s	4K Read 3.45 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.3% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-EXPERT - $270

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	93x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	25x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	8x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 10,150 samples	7x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	7x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $637

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 $179	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