Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 04:07
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 200 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 351 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 42.1 28% 36 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 36.7 27% 31.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 29 44 56 71 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 78.8 Write 108 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 53.7 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 935GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 192 192 193 192 192 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 96.5 Write 74 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 192 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 182 172 174 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 155 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 181 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 432GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 38 Write 39.7 Mixed 30 SusWrite 18.1 42% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,234 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 740GB free, PID a009 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 38.2 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 20 39% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 64%

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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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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 $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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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