Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 17:53
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 504 59% 459 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 3628) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 120GB 964 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 111GB free Firmware: Q0209A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 139 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8351 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18403 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13041 (F5) Unknown 100 100 16702	86.7% Excellent	Read 311 Write 296 Mixed 307 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.5 147% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 79.4 110% 201 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 114392158971596 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1020 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 47 68722556954 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 358392 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 358392 (F2) Unknown 100 100 277365 (F9) Unknown 100 100 41845	71.8% Very good	Read 464 Write 172 Mixed 259 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 21.1 114% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 51.1 79% 152 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 82%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 96 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 176094707738 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1221795025 (F7) Unknown 100 100 38255858 (F8) Unknown 100 100 20919456 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 482 Write 309 Mixed 324 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 24.5 108% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 14.4 60% 136 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 874GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2482 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 693 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2157 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 197569544219 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4533 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 933 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 158684	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 104 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 739GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1017 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3321 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 168 Mixed 158 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.35 146% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 4x8GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 86%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	301x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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