Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.1% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 14:36
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 630 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 68.3 53% 68.8 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 57.5 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 107 96 84 81 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 452 Mixed 375 SusWrite 128 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 49.4 163% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 17GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 122 124 121 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 65 SusWrite 122 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 108%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 174 180 175 180 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 176 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 177 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.8 377% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 97%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 984GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 137 143 142 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 141 Write 137 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 141 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	301x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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