Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 22:20
Run Duration	371 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 427 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 75.6 51% 65 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 71.6 50% 59.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15409105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -63428077015044 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1921 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 404 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 51542097947 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 51542097947 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15409105 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15409105 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15409105 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26609 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16330 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16330 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15934	77.6% Very good	Read 472 Write 192 Mixed 269 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 22.4 130% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 62.5 85% 154 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 575GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 77 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6270 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10097 (05) Reallocated sector count 69 69 889 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2487 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 96 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 297 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 69 404160535 (C2) HDA temperature 77 66 420872215 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19549315 (C4) Reallocation count 79 79 889 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 490 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	49.3% Average	Read 84.1 Write 87.7 Mixed 81.8 64% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.35 83% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 59%
DISK 4GB 443 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 3.32 Mixed 5.07 7% 6.54 MB/s	4K Read 5.83 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 23% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 70%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16