Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.2%, 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	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '20 at 22:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 574 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 106% 130 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 101 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 400 411 427 425 425 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 446 Mixed 429 SusWrite 416 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 50.8 171% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 222 186% 268 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 134 137 135 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 135 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$37 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 290GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 79 Write 78.5 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 106 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 176GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 119 125 124 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 90.2 Write 108 Mixed 74 SusWrite 122 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-500.A01LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-500.A01LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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