Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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 Drive	80.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 20:22
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 687 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 176 Parallax 194 151% 185 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 186 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 152 149 149 144 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 372 Write 202 Mixed 215 SusWrite 151 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 44.9 152% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 134 121% 184 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%
ST31000524AS 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 134GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 93 366 263 459 75 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 481 Write 472 Mixed 314 SusWrite 256 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 37.8 144% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 67.2 125% 246 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 476 464 459 461 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 460 Mixed 441 SusWrite 451 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.3 189% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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