Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	92.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 23:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 663 63% 524 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 266 267 267 267 267 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 395 Mixed 225 SusWrite 269 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 45.6 154% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 185 157% 228 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 111%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 129 136 139 140 141 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 369 Write 146 Mixed 198 SusWrite 137 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 36.4 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 102 85% 121 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 138 139 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 138 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 23.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 86%

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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 61%

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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	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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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