Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 12:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 203 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 547 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 04A7) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.0.0 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	0.65% Terrible	Lighting 0.73 Reflection 2 Parallax 2 1% 1.58 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 0.91 1% 0.93 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.65% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 60GB 2,308 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (A8) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 89 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31523430 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14623	64.5% Good	Read 494 Write 143 Mixed 154 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 8.62 104% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 17.8 51% 109 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 11GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137349272 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 68 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42734763 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 538509341 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21849 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 136116103556305 (F1) Unknown 100 253 124797777482 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11798905463	99.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 166 Mixed 101 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 113%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 10GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 175 1116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 213 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 42 (C2) HDA temperature 122 93 28 (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	64.8% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 68.1 73% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 99U5595-002.A00LF 14GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.4% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns

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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