Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.7% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 03:27
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 570 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.1% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 37.2 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 51.7 40% 49.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S120G 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 98 77 53 92 73 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 366 Write 84 Mixed 263 SusWrite 103 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 28.3 115% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 37.9 59% 115 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 132GB free Firmware: A3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 84 84 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 73.8 Write 75 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 82.9 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 75%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 36 36 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 36 Write 35.3 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 35.3 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1 196% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%

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

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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	304x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	216x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	178x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	80x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $644

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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