Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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 Drive	74.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '22 at 17:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 461 59% 447 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 145 Parallax 151 115% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 122 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 227 255 247 217 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 426 Write 199 Mixed 244 SusWrite 231 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 31.2 110% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 164 137% 198 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 62GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 197 196 190 174 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 173 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 190 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 188GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 106 102 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 101 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 104 59% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 20GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 7.8 6.2 11 7.2 5 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	9.38% Terrible	Read 32.3 Write 21.3 Mixed 12 SusWrite 6.8 22% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 53% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.38% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C7 2x4GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 65%

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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	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 $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