Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33% 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	94.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 12:09
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 130 75% 116 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 462 58% 439 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 39 34% 37.6 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 38 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 356 358 363 346 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 411 Mixed 331 SusWrite 343 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.7 133% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 254 214% 312 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 140 144 144 142 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 108 Write 91.2 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 140 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 387GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 140 140 138 141 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 139 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 89%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 614GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 68 71 78 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 84.2 Write 85 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 76 102% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 59%
WD 20EADS External 2TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 253GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 38 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 39.7 49% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $269	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