Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87-PRO  (all builds)
Memory2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140604
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 22 '18 at 22:50
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 90.4
1-Core 106
2-Core 210
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 382
53% 392 Pts
64-Core 363
22% 363 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 138
Parallax 130
107% 133 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 124
Splatting 104
88% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 100%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115
59GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 490
Mixed 496
111% 497 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 52
191% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 135
154% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 124%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
70.2% Very good
Read 117
Write 127
Mixed 114
90% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 2.23
4K Mixed 0.19
90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1648 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
33.8% Below average
MC Read 11.1
MC Write 11.6
MC Mixed 9.6
31% 10.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 11.3
SC Mixed 10.3
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 19%
This bench: 33.8%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,535 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $469
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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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