Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 10:57
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 525 68% 511 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 2035 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 70.2 66% 76.1 fps	MRender 84.6 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 61.6 58% 72.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 83GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 242 179 72 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 487 Mixed 424 SusWrite 164 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 61.3 219% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 231 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 86 94 97 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 86.4 Write 108 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 89.8 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 75%
Kingston silicon-power 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 8 8.3 8.7 8.9 7.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	7.93% Terrible	Read 31.3 Write 7.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 8.2 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 24% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.93% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 63%

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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	304x
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	74x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16