Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141104
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateDec 28 '20 at 22:27
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GEO-User
Background CPU 22%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 88.4
1-Core 113
2-Core 215
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 602
60% 487 Pts
64-Core 586
36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
PNY(196E 1301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 112
Parallax 129
100% 121 fps
MRender 173
Gravity 126
Splatting 105
107% 135 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LF1i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 126 136 129 133 129 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
82% Excellent
Read 315
Write 204
Mixed 248
SusWrite 132
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 44.1
165% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 188
154% 222 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 82%
Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
706GB free
Firmware: CC4D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 180 178 178 179 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
99% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 116
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 178
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 99%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
30.7% Below average
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 8.4
28% 9.87 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 9
25% 8.7 GB/s
Latency 69.2
58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 30.7%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87M-PLUS Builds (Compare 674 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $367
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