Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '18 at 17:42
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 462 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6165) 3GB; EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0, 03G-P4-6167-KR CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 65 56% 66.2 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 67.4 55% 66.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 56%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 83 109 112 121 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 124 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 102 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	138x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	112x
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	43x
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 $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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