Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.5% 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	60.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	42.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 03:09
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 167 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 366 46% 351 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3682) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.5% Poor	Lighting 33.5 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 32.8 27% 35.2 fps	MRender 44.5 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 36.3 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 70059507467192 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3893 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 376775 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 376775 (F2) Unknown 100 100 291336 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22635	60.5% Good	Read 469 Write 119 Mixed 157 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 15.6 107% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 10.1 27% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92341872 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6088 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 73156046567 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 655556641 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44410 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 68719476769 (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 79521319493792 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14739897085 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98547907161	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 124 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 889GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 198482528 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 437306 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 705953824 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6430 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 81604378656 (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 -112210315575085 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5469926566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1108945754	83.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 139 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 883GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 147 147 30088757607 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 93 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 214750003242 (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	77.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 136 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 4.13 4K Mixed 0.3 147% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 468GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10027680 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 44 43 1189712963259 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 756351015 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 640736 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 77309411367 (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 102185861917505 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11047002314 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8575898835	77.7% Very good	Read 119 Write 152 Mixed 165 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 468GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117642349 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4903 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2295098 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 622067741 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 117642349 (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 -3448858714608 (F1) Unknown 100 253 410596919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 380290689	51.3% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 87.3 Mixed 77.1 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.53 116% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $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 $273	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 $45	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