Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 00:07
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 481 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 41.6 28% 35.9 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 36.1 26% 30.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17900 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 696 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20043776847	76.1% Very good	Read 472 Write 339 Mixed 336 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 19.9 81% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 68.6 106% 206 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 153GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188321848 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1875519 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 232 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 60 30435115030 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48083 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 -140737488355306 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49782965932493 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6216790760 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6565060193	97.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 159 Mixed 138 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 108GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169724720 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6701717 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 161 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 43336794135 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75916 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 -140737488355305 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130893423306762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5822058209 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8776064999	78.8% Very good	Read 153 Write 121 Mixed 151 108% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 67GB free Firmware: A3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 65536 (02) Throughput performance 127 100 129 (03) Spinup time 117 100 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5571 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 481 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 12589 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 98 73 65654 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 353894424 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6024 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6024 (C2) HDA temperature 250 146 180389216280 (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 200 200 0	34.2% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 59.4 Mixed 54.7 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	138x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	113x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16