Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 13:56
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 188 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 353 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.2 87% 106 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.4 81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 37 26% 32.5 fps	MRender 40.6 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 32.3 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 48959779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 5068061429821 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2539 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 184 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 81 30070079516 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 48959779 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 48959779 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 48959779 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28871 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24945 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24945 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19213	37.6% Below average	Read 151 Write 77.1 Mixed 96.2 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 11.3 85% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 7.15 19% 38 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 83%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 186GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 162 4558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 315 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 304 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.4% Average	Read 78.3 Write 80 Mixed 79.2 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-026.A00LF 2x4GB 1,756 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.5 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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