Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.5% 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.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '18 at 02:18
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 454 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 81 Parallax 69.7 65% 76.7 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 76.2 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 312 191 160 95 115 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 488 Write 467 Mixed 320 SusWrite 210 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 38.3 129% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 243 207% 305 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 94GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 146 124 144 143 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 356 Write 190 Mixed 218 SusWrite 139 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.6 168% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 194 156% 222 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 133 133 132 134 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 101 SusWrite 132 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 153GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 60 62 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 62.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 61.7 47% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	301x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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