Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 12:02
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 486 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 40.2 Parallax 53.3 36% 45.8 fps	MRender 54.9 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 37.3 38% 47.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 387 Write 262 Mixed 285 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 30.3 129% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 185 166% 253 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
Maxtor STM3320613AS 320GB 3,623 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 271GB free Firmware: MC1H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,514 Write 55 Mixed 82.5 1,349% 1,884 MB/s	4K Read 926 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.9 38,930% 310 MB/s
Poor: 25% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 894GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 108 94 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.7 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 104 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2x8GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $129Bench 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