Asus Z87M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z87M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141104
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 17 '19 at 14:56
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 106
2-Core 204
74% 131 Pts
4-Core 324
8-Core 460
49% 392 Pts
64-Core 581
36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
Asus(1043 0358) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Relative performance (0th percentile)
6.4% Terrible
Lighting 8.5
Reflection 6.35
Parallax 8.28
7% 7.71 fps
MRender 2.38
Gravity 7.37
Splatting 8.78
5% 6.18 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 6.4%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 398 399 384 377 378 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Read 409
Write 387
Mixed 193
SusWrite 383
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 33.7
4K Mixed 26.8
76% 25.4 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 126
127% 210 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 191 191 189 188 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 162
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 189
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.4
284% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
44.9% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 17.2
MC Mixed 14.1
44% 15.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12.3
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 78.5
51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 44.9%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87M-PLUS Builds (Compare 671 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87M-PLUS - $138

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $367
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