Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 03:53
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 553 59% 469 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 56.2 31% 44.8 fps	MRender 55.2 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 37.4 38% 47.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 59.6 52% 63.1 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 53 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 89GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9598 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 27 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4031278178	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 408 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.4 197% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 52.7 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 29.1 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26770 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 73 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22700461495	110% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 498 Mixed 495 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 32.8 171% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 32.1 69% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 151887616 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103736483 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 639238175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 195434 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20637317886123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21044749553 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19192686629	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 97.1 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.43% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 5.32 Mixed 4.62 9% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 2.78 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 12% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $269	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 $178	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