Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 12:54
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 746 82% 648 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2285 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 108 96% 116 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 108 Splatting 106 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 439 486 448 456 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 489 Mixed 421 SusWrite 415 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 64.3 220% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 24GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 490 Mixed 419 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 67.8 232% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 240GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 149 152 153 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 94.9 Write 68 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 152 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 62%

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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	302x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	216x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	178x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16