Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 19:14
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 494 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.5 79% 99 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 91.3 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 42 48 52 55 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 474 Write 408 Mixed 295 SusWrite 78 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 28 109% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 144 128% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 246GB free Firmware: 70RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 104 102 115 115 115 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 282 Write 134 Mixed 283 SusWrite 111 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 5.5 52% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 45.5 DQ Mixed 0.1 27% 69.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 76%
USB DISK 2.0 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 58GB free, PID 0221 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 6.1 4.6 6.7 4.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.4% Poor	Read 152 Write 4 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 4.3 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 54% 4.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 63%

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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%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	302x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	216x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	178x

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16