Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90% 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 Drive115% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131003
Uptime10.2 Days
Run DateDec 08 '20 at 21:08
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Memory 93.9
1-Core 119
2-Core 239
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 464
61% 458 Pts
64-Core 432
27% 432 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (53rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 124
Parallax 112
92% 116 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 98.6
Splatting 94.6
86% 108 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310
609GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 437 396 449 449 405 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 436
Write 207
Mixed 356
SusWrite 420
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 93.8
4K Mixed 55.1
177% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 253
220% 327 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 115%
Great: 125%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$92
606GB free
Firmware: RR09
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 144 142 149 146 146 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Read 99.2
Write 99.5
Mixed 102
SusWrite 147
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
314% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
62.2% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22.7
MC Mixed 19.7
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 19.3
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 60.1
66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,017 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $502
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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