Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJun 07 '18 at 07:34
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770S-$112
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 101
2-Core 207
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 369
8-Core 564
58% 467 Pts
64-Core 550
34% 550 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 148
Parallax 127
116% 139 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 140
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
685GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
72.9% Very good
Read 133
Write 120
Mixed 107
90% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 2.06
4K Mixed 0.28
91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 101%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
137% Outstanding
Read 316
Write 163
Mixed 227
177% 236 MB/s
4K Read 0.94
4K Write 0.87
4K Mixed 0.47
107% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 137%
Great: 256%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya M2X8G64CB8HD9N-DG 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
69.5% Good
MC Read 26
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 21.5
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 24.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 70%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,020 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $502
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