Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.2% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '16 at 18:32
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 263 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 704 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 67.4 63% 74 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 64.4 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 256GB 4,055 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5354 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1436 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4294967526 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8126678 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14464	72.2% Very good	Read 500 Write 369 Mixed 418 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 7.83 78% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 24.2 59% 121 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36031 (C2) HDA temperature 130 108 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.7% Very good	Read 145 Write 129 Mixed 123 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.19 96% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 83%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 181 1600 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8064 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 140559 (C2) HDA temperature 128 87 19 (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	39.9% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 70.9 Mixed 69.2 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.13 41% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 50%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 389GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66036336 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5760 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 60454045119 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4497 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295034295 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 50 336658449 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 213 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 9 9 182749 (C2) HDA temperature 17 50 38654705681 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 34 66036336 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	38.2% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 62.7 Mixed 65.1 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 76GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 3408 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72825652 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1622 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 370343958 (C2) HDA temperature 22 48 47244640278 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 29 3408 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96834332661771 (F1) Unknown 100 253 294522009 (F2) Unknown 100 253 798347249	44.9% Average	Read 73.2 Write 83.3 Mixed 69.2 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 29 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 44.1 91% 44.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 110%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $254	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 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16