Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74% 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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '19 at 15:29
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 600 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.4 53% 65.8 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 55.9 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 256 259 268 275 275 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 324 Write 265 Mixed 266 SusWrite 264 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 30.3 115% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 151 131% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 208GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 105 105 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 99 Write 91 Mixed 53 SusWrite 104 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 316GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 52 SusWrite 103 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 97GB free Firmware: JA0OA480 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 51 51 51 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 55.7 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 51 34% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 57%
HGST 128GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free, PID 1014 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 221 219 219 219 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 162 Mixed 172 SusWrite 219 260% 195 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 14.6 1,410% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16.2 DQ Write 35.4 DQ Mixed 18.2 1,883% 23.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 162%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	301x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	216x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	177x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
1866 CL10 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 58%, 2,056 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	18x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $497

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