Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.3% 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 Drive	25% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (26%). 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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '20 at 07:43
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 414 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 119 98% 124 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 123 Splatting 112 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 97 99 102 98 74 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 115 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 92.6 16% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 10.1 35% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 21.8 DQ Mixed 40.6 59% 118 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 76%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 207GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 386 423 428 429 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 443 SusWrite 416 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 64 216% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 183 184 186 186 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 152 Mixed 86 SusWrite 183 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 182 181 177 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 166 Mixed 136 SusWrite 177 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 334% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%
SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 931GB free, PID 1019 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 38 Write 28.8 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 41 48% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%

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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%

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	114x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16