Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '22 at 01:57
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 443 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$625 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% EVGA(3842 4885) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 516.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (142 fps cap detected)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 142 114% 141 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 140 Splatting 141 115% 141 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,327 Write 5,975 Mixed 6,031 1,365% 6,111 MB/s	4K Read 496 4K Write 287 4K Mixed 350 1,352% 378 MB/s	DQ Read 1,711 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1,324 1,011% 1,383 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 453 452 425 377 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 446 Mixed 346 SusWrite 426 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.4 204% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 303GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 109 103 109 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 67.3 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 105 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 249GB free Firmware: LC1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 69 70 68 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 95.3 Write 90.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 68 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 79%

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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 $127Bench 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 $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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