Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	27% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 536 58% 461 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB; dell nvidia gtx 1070 CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.1 81% 102 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 98.8 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 297GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20684 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 94 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 64 43 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2591274952	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 406 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.7 167% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 117 142% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 83GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33642 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 140 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 29198 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 6883930 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 23 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2174668126 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29198 (F2) Unknown 100 100 61011	41.3% Average	Read 262 Write 133 Mixed 160 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 16 69% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 31.4 27% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 48%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 513923 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 21398757 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 4281641372 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	27% Poor	Read 256 Write 77.5 Mixed 114 32% 149 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 5.64 42% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 44%
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 above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81980776 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1363394 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (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 60 55 673316904 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2722 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 94489280552 (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 -48786533505611 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3514210358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5392221010	96.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 158 Mixed 168 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 144GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 147 1308 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 379 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 134505 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	37.3% Below average	Read 70 Write 59.7 Mixed 58.7 47% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 41%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 101GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 137 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 73069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9775 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 41 (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	48.4% Average	Read 92.3 Write 76.1 Mixed 76.3 61% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 72%

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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	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 $274	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 $183	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) $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