Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	87.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 22:06
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 499 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 120 Reflection 128 Parallax 115 98% 121 fps	Gravity 111 Splatting 98.6 92% 105 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 48 223339675679 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2609353253 (F7) Unknown 100 100 81561702 (F8) Unknown 100 100 17916792 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3559 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.2% Very good	Read 467 Write 334 Mixed 339 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 24.1 94% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 47.4 91% 184 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 104%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1469 (B1) Unknown 100 100 287484 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 33 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 509649 (F2) Unknown 100 100 647351	87.5% Excellent	Read 474 Write 375 Mixed 406 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 30.8 107% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 78.7 115% 215 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 95%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4TB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44010256 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16016728 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 622264355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3765 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 85899345955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 99 44010256 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73413875992373 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8634527308 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22054811155
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 114GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 8025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1210 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35363 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.3% Average	Read 67.8 Write 86.4 Mixed 87.2 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 87%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 176 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1547 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.6% Average	Read 77 Write 81.7 Mixed 84.5 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 24.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 61%

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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 $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 $300	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