Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 21:40
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 589 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$58 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7854391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 66090956753627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (0D) Soft read error rate 48 48 -104586740770505 (64) Unknown 0 0 9959 (AA) Unknown 0 0 7872 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 78 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 34 77311639579 (C2) HDA temperature 27 34 77311639579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7854391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 104 104 -42644730281984 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7854391 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7854391 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 30 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1284 (EA) Unknown 0 0 767 (F1) Unknown 0 0 767 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6571	64.8% Good	Read 458 Write 149 Mixed 266 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 22.6 117% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 62.3 47% 61.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 894 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77% Very good	Read 129 Write 139 Mixed 137 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-848.A00LF 2x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

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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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16