Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 00:29
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 669 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79 Parallax 67.7 64% 75 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 70.8 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 3.5 8.6 29 135 256 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 430 Write 340 Mixed 256 SusWrite 93.1 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 17.5 62% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 36.3 DQ Mixed 41.7 40% 64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3000VX009-2AY10G 3TB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 187 187 181 183 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 166 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 180 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 353% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%

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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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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	138x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	112x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	43x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	30x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	36x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	19x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	14x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	13x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $367

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