Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
MotherboardAsus Z87-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime2 Days
Run DateNov 26 '21 at 02:13
Run Duration244 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 89.2
1-Core 104
2-Core 206
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 566
60% 478 Pts
64-Core 566
35% 566 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
Asus(1043 045D) 1GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.5.1
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
14.1% Very poor
Lighting 18.9
Reflection 17.9
Parallax 22.7
15% 19.8 fps
MRender 13.5
Gravity 16.8
Splatting 12.2
11% 14.2 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 14.1%
Great: 14%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 26 25 28 29 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
42.8% Average
Read 300
Write 45.4
Mixed 67
SusWrite 27.1
24% 110 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 35.6
4K Mixed 15.1
71% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 39.3
DQ Mixed 43
67% 136 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 42.8%
Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
520GB free
Firmware: 4B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 453 461 455 457 451 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 489
Write 463
Mixed 431
SusWrite 454
104% 459 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 90.3
4K Mixed 57.1
187% 63.6 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 353
266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
922GB free
Firmware: 1D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 129 129 129 129 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Read 133
Write 124
Mixed 118
SusWrite 129
94% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 991981 (996981) 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.9% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 15.4
50% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 18.2
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 68.3
59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 77%

 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
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