Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.5% 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	35.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 18:56
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 526 61% 476 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 83.5 78% 89.1 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 74.9 73% 92 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 187 198 327 191 195 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.9% Below average	Read 146 Write 101 Mixed 86 SusWrite 237 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 11.1 50% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 427GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 140 141 141 139 137 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 158 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 138 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 106GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 46 44 55 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 19 Write 32 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 47.3 22% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 62% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-035.A00LF 2x8GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%

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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%

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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	112x
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 $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) $31	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