Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 00:15
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 472 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 133 Parallax 122 99% 125 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 124 Splatting 112 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 131 148 102 94 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 407 Write 201 Mixed 204 SusWrite 121 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 23.6 86% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 114 102% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 313 314 313 314 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 418 Mixed 364 SusWrite 324 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 51.5 175% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 330GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 123 131 129 131 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 93.7 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 129 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion HDD 8TB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7TB free Firmware: 1801 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 188 188 182 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 174 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 186 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 1 393% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

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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 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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