Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% 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	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 04:34
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 432 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 19.5 Parallax 22.9 21% 22.6 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 19.3 19% 24.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 27 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 22 (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 70 65 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 258636143	94.2% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 404 Mixed 421 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 35.3 115% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 19.3 94% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 437GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 154 5241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 52628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3027 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4981 (C2) HDA temperature 123 90 24 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 42 42 42469 (F1) Unknown 200 200 63221271106 (F2) Unknown 200 200 89527770963	51.3% Above average	Read 93 Write 85.6 Mixed 84.8 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 69%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 136 Write 107 Mixed 116 150% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.26 62% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Read 21 Write 5.55 Mixed 6.72 11% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.88 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 1.23 71% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64C0MHHHJ-HS 4x4GB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1421 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 15.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 55%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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