Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.9% 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	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	42.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 03:13
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 378 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3682) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 56.9 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 57.1 46% 60.1 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 53.3 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -25220047027271 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3893 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 376841 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 376841 (F2) Unknown 100 100 291386 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22637	58.4% Above average	Read 428 Write 111 Mixed 191 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 12.1 109% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 40.3 42% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93801136 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6088 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 73156048115 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 655556641 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44413 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 68719476769 (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 -52222507343712 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14742262037 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98549043901	73.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 118 Mixed 114 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 889GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 200466080 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 438976 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 705953825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6431 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 81604378657 (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 -101352638250797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5472394686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1110180986	82.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 138 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 883GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 147 147 30088757607 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 93 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 214750003242 (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 200 200 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 136 Write 175 Mixed 143 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.49 150% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 468GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11364128 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 44 43 1189712964694 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 756351015 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 640738 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 77309411367 (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 -26680336831679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11049469954 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8576926151	75.2% Very good	Read 109 Write 153 Mixed 150 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 468GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118780698 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4903 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2296928 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 622067742 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 81604378654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 118780698 (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 5239860125200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 412736776 (F2) Unknown 100 253 509989895	51.2% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 84.7 Mixed 94.1 69% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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