Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '22 at 23:56
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 558 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 79 65 91 82 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 82.5 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 78.2 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 170 183 190 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 138 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 183 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 0GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 72.1 Write 51.2 Mixed 43.8 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 43%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 261GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 64 63 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 31.8 Write 89.4 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 61.9 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 182% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 65%
Flash USB Disk 17TB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 15.5TB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 11 13 13 8.1 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.14% Terrible	Read 5 Write 7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 11.1 10% 7.15 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.14% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 86%

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Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,544 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16