Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	71.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 15:15
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 696 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 11540 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 312 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 51388 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 98 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 122 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8372 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6643	71.5% Very good	Read 507 Write 149 Mixed 230 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 28 127% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 19.3 35% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 83%
WD WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (TurboPC EX) 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 468GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 794 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4565 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 33 (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 200 200 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 151 Mixed 143 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.36 141% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 100%
BUFFALO External HDD USB Device (TurboPC EX) 3TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 295GB free, PID 0257 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 112 Write 118 Mixed 105 144% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 0.2 3,013% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1.02 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 1.06 4,196% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 313%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Read 17.3 Write 5.59 Mixed 3.45 9% 8.79 MB/s	4K Read 4.89 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $135

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $130Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,105x
Core i5-4670KIntel $52Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	426x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	240x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	99x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	61x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	53x

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