Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 15:30
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 440 50% 388 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 62.8 56% 67 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 61.1 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30059 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 705 (B1) Unknown 88 88 145 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 335 (F1) Unknown 99 99 175010502974	60.1% Good	Read 491 Write 116 Mixed 123 52% 243 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 12.4 90% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 28.9 59% 125 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 126%
Seagate ST12000DM0007-2GR116 12TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6TB free Firmware: DN01 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 79 69 70985801 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3177925 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 774045737 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 41 46 111669149737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 10 70985801 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -111875308126198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11240731255 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69702158
Poor: 42% Great: 93%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 100 9791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2963 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 2954 (C2) HDA temperature 100 97 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 107 Write 138 Mixed 93.9 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.08 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 138 109 3983 (03) Spinup time 142 139 11866 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7299 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (10) Unknown 7 193 129838416930 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7252 (C2) HDA temperature 103 101 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	99.4% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 158 Mixed 150 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.23 115% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 143 11633 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8099 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (10) Unknown 9 191 174858301570 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8057 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 41 (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	90.8% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 158 Mixed 146 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65749848 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6392522 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 129488388134 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54589 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 -140737488355290 (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 15406047693145 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17633042191 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27936149426	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 180 Mixed 153 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 148 11291 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7615 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (10) Unknown 3 197 69952177344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7582 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 40 (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	88% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 141 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.21 106% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 91 28375976 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 160974742 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 320 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 53 56591646764 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61761 (C2) HDA temperature 44 47 -140737488355284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 56 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 56 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12738873016643 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54717536130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 166730692525	75.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 122 Mixed 138 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.18 40% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GB 1,553 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 54%

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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 $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