Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% 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	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 16:53
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 408 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.3 81% 99.5 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 90 Splatting 78.9 69% 85 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 236GB free Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 1,016 Mixed 1,153 304% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 44.5 183% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 461 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 176 186% 311 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 252 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1996 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 311 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 98789752833 (AE) Unknown 252 252 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 76 (BE) vendor-specific 69 38 31 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79% Very good	Read 374 Write 275 Mixed 318 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 21 116% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 49.8 104% 212 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 94%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 719GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 158 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3066 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10367 (C2) HDA temperature 123 96 27 (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	47.2% Average	Read 81.3 Write 82.8 Mixed 84.5 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 51%
Generic External 1TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 21GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 34 Mixed 12.1 33% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP698650-154-KEF 4x4GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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