Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 11:13
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 444 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 134 Parallax 122 100% 126 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 126 Splatting 115 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 50 32 16 22 18 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.6% Below average	Read 114 Write 98 Mixed 136 SusWrite 35.8 22% 96 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 12.8 59% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 26 DQ Mixed 33.4 56% 118 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 76%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 440 472 483 483 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 492 Mixed 450 SusWrite 469 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 68.5 228% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 234GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 173 173 170 174 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 129 Mixed 86 SusWrite 172 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 190 190 191 193 191 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 110%
SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 402GB free, PID 1019 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 39 Write 40.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 41.4 54% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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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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	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	44x
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 $38Bench 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 $269	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 $40	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