Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 08:22
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 626 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 103 Parallax 92.6 81% 98.6 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 83.7 71% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 995 Write 975 Mixed 955 218% 975 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 248 4K Mixed 63.8 284% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 413 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 210 215% 348 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 107GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 8GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 425 Write 339 Mixed 221 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 3.36 4K Write 8.71 4K Mixed 1.48 12% 4.52 MB/s	DQ Read 4.68 DQ Write 7.57 DQ Mixed 2.07 3% 4.77 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 163%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 132GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.1 Mixed 37.6 50% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 42GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Read 35.9 Write 5.25 Mixed 8.47 15% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.25 27% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 25.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 106%

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

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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