Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 17:41
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 122 2-Core 206 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 570 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% PNY(196E 1301) ≥ 4GB; pny rtx 2070 CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 123 Parallax 125 103% 125 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 116 Splatting 93.9 98% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: LF1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 154 141 156 146 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 371 Write 200 Mixed 223 SusWrite 149 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 40.5 133% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 200 160% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 390GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 135 136 138 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 101 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 136 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 12GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 57%

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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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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	138x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	113x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	30x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	36x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	19x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	14x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	13x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $367

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16