Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.8% 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.
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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '19 at 17:07
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 569 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 78%

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. 20.19.15.5063 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 6.88 3% 5.78 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 67.2 58% 70.7 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 59.1 54% 67 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Allied 120GB 120GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 318 87 70 80 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 402 Mixed 416 SusWrite 176 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.1 167% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 50.6 102% 203 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 147GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 72 73 81 63 71 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 106 Write 2 Mixed 55 SusWrite 74 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	138x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	111x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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