Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.7% 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	42.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '22 at 01:48
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 205 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 535 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 104 Parallax 118 93% 112 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 107 Splatting 99.9 101% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 33 35 36 35 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.6% Average	Read 275 Write 39.5 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 34.6 23% 107 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 17.4 82% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 40.9 49% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 182 178 182 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 144 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 176 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0112 78.C1GG2.9K10C 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 26%

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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%

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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	178x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16