Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.6% 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	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 10:24
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 216 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 462 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 461 29% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Gigabyte(1458 350F) 1.5GB CLim: 795 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 32.2 23% 35 fps	MRender 43.7 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 33.2 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 400 429 420 380 343 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 484 Mixed 396 SusWrite 400 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.1 221% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 931GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 107 108 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 59 SusWrite 107 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 117GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 109 Write 98.2 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 105 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 86 85 87 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 84.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 85.1 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 59%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 44GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 53 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 50 Write 52 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 52.7 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 77%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 156GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 60 61 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 63 Write 56.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 60 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 77%
Imation Expert M200 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 171GB free, PID 1911 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 27.7 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 36.4 44% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

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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 $127Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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