Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20141104
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 12 '18 at 01:29
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 96.4
1-Core 129
2-Core 247
89% 157 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 653
67% 538 Pts
64-Core 653
40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 146
Parallax 138
116% 142 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 133
Splatting 108
93% 113 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 106%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 525
Write 472
Mixed 345
100% 448 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 28.6
152% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 77.5
115% 217 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 107%
Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
490GB free
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
98.8% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 159
Mixed 85.8
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.25
76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 98.8%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
71.7% Very good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 26.2
MC Mixed 22.3
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 23.2
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 52.6
76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87M-PLUS Builds (Compare 674 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $367
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