Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 02:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 666 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 113% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 100 47247130651 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18656 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18656 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15136 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1289	92.6% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 247 Mixed 313 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 24.6 158% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 61.8 94% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 91%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47038481831727 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3372 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 45 47247589406 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 229392 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 64 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 229392 (F2) Unknown 100 100 425139 (F9) Unknown 100 100 82431	79.8% Very good	Read 503 Write 204 Mixed 250 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 9.75 141% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 51.6 75% 140 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 91GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126759088 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11851 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4183038 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3374 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 57 262430457881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33996 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 -140737488355303 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -77146202569603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10057006635 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4201493866	106% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 168 Mixed 170 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1760 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 92%

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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	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) $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