Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131213
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 13 '22 at 03:59
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4570-$99
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 85
1-Core 103
2-Core 205
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 408
54% 406 Pts
64-Core 400
25% 400 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Diamond(1092 E144) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
10.7% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 13.3
Parallax 12.9
12% 13.6 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 11.5
Splatting 9.4
9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 10.7%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.7a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 129 127 112 104 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
68.2% Good
Read 314
Write 159
Mixed 202
SusWrite 126
44% 200 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 77.7
4K Mixed 36
133% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 118
100% 146 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
288GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 123 121 123 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 130
Write 120
Mixed 67.3
SusWrite 123
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA3B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 160 162 158 156 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Read 147
Write 145
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 158
84% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 91%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 4GB
3GB free, PID 556b
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
12.1% Very poor
Read 27.2
Write 13.4
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 3.8
16% 14.3 MB/s
4K Read 6.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.2
94% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 12.1%
Great: 12%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 64D0JHHH-HS 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
53.1% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 19.3
MC Mixed 16.6
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 17
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 71.9
56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 26%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,020 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $502
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