Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 01:22
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 424 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8420) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 44.1 30% 38.3 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 29.7 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 444GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 67 66 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54726897	89.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 399 Mixed 419 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 20.5 131% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 21.5 56% 111 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 169 6125 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2522 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 153392 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 34 (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	69.3% Good	Read 117 Write 124 Mixed 112 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 931GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 93.8 132% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 50%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 388GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 75.7 Write 68.2 Mixed 67 89% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS - $169

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	302x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	216x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	178x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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Total price: $473

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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