Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.4% 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	59.4% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	24 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 03:21
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 421 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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	47.4% Average	Lighting 57.6 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 57.9 47% 61 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 53.3 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.4% 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 below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 140625820140473 (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 376910 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 376910 (F2) Unknown 100 100 291437 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22640	59.4% Above average	Read 477 Write 123 Mixed 176 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 13.5 102% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 10.7 28% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95235208 (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 73156049586 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17741 (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 44417 (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 17733919973537 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14744626884 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98550176062	70.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 114 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 889GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 202477120 (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 440824 (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 65 58 705953827 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6433 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 81604378659 (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 -123918396423981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5474863626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1111415626	84% Excellent	Read 150 Write 143 Mixed 135 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 (48^th 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 139 139 214750003243 (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	92% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 180 Mixed 137 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.43 144% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 468GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12646312 (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 1189712966194 (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 640741 (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 -30395483542719 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11051937354 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8577953591	74.3% Very good	Read 106 Write 153 Mixed 149 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.3% 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 120296820 (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 2299224 (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 68 57 622067744 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 120296820 (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 35304631197200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 414838034 (F2) Unknown 100 253 769095148	51.3% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 81.3 Mixed 85.4 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.57 122% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.3% 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	302x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	216x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	178x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
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 $139Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16