Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive93% 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.
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)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateOct 28 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.3% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 113
2-Core 226
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 438
61% 449 Pts
64-Core 453
28% 453 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 150
Parallax 129
116% 140 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 137
Splatting 108
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 36 39 37 36 33 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
93% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 404
Mixed 353
SusWrite 70.3
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 49.7
176% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 232
210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 93%
Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
594GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 152 152 151 151 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 153
Mixed 107
SusWrite 151
111% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB
444GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 79 80 80 79 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
46.6% Average
Read 80.8
Write 54.2
Mixed 48
SusWrite 80.5
48% 65.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.5
150% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
63% Good
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 22.8
MC Mixed 19.8
62% 21.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 21.1
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 63%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,017 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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