Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 07:38
Run Duration	504 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (92^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 235 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 645 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 78 Parallax 67 64% 74.6 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 70.1 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 150 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 19 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 62 58 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 267 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3691035746
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4547013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 -34711925646656 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 200 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 78 38659817499 (C2) HDA temperature 27 78 38659817499 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4547013 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4547013 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4547013 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12421 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11350 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11350 (F2) Unknown 0 0 41257	77.5% Very good	Read 479 Write 197 Mixed 237 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 21.4 128% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 47.5 78% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%
Adata SX910 128GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 92GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14405006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -98157182582116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 170 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 38658113574 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14405006 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14405006 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14405006 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11885 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17678 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17678 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5955	70.6% Very good	Read 489 Write 150 Mixed 229 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 18.3 119% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 49.3 68% 126 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 178 5558 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30948 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (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	69% Good	Read 136 Write 105 Mixed 108 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 562GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 129 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200258 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (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	60.9% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 123 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 70 112232395 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 63 63 38446 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 559464850 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 64956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1738 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 35 503184818216 (C2) HDA temperature 40 65 51539607592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 52 98493269 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.3% Average	Read 73 Write 77.9 Mixed 71.3 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 269GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234180515 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 430993084 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 34360262679 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 38654705696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 14 234180515 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127457449519087 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2723753434 (F2) Unknown 100 253 472164166	58.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 92.2 Mixed 88.6 74% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.66 135% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 70%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 3,832 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 24GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	7.84% Terrible	Read 34.2 Write 3.29 Mixed 4.55 12% 14 MB/s	4K Read 5.35 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.25 38% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.84% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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