Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	115% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '20 at 09:51
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 574 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% HP(103C 82FA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 138 110% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: S4500103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 343 441 438 442 443 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 408 Mixed 382 SusWrite 392 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 58.2 181% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 268 225% 326 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 130%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 239 162 64 60 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 288 Mixed 315 SusWrite 137 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 44.2 160% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 228 207% 315 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 118%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 200GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 64 66 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 61.2 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 65.6 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 501GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 186 184 187 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 150 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 186 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 272GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 67.6 Write 72.6 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 72.5 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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	111x
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	43x
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 $37Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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