Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 09:42
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 541 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84F5) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 7.78 5% 7.11 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 7.13 5% 6.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 100 100 853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 43635 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10908 (F1) Unknown 100 100 216141 (F2) Unknown 100 100 297295	104% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 465 Mixed 456 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 35.2 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 108 139% 250 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 9GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1367 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 110 (AE) Unknown 100 100 417 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159413284 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11407908640 (F7) Unknown 100 100 364132564 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1380785330	87.8% Excellent	Read 495 Write 262 Mixed 344 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.7 130% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 52.6 103% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 91%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 86GB free Firmware: 01.01K03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 167 5700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2635 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2613 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (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	62.4% Good	Read 106 Write 111 Mixed 107 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 3.07 4K Mixed 0.66 165% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 90%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 61GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4358 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1816 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3796 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 41 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 92.1 Mixed 92.3 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.54 144% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 128GB-$37 664 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 119GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 61%

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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