Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z87M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 10:26
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 600 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 3GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 68.1 59% 70.4 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 70.4 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 223451824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 697232 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 90 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 656343078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 38 42 60129542182 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2297807503450 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7471753052 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4577761029	107% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 173 Mixed 135 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.15 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 851GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 742 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 216874 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 36 (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	81% Excellent	Read 140 Write 143 Mixed 75.1 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 2x4GB 3,884 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 35%

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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 $127Bench 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	44x
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 $38Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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