Asus Z87-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 04:59
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 403 48% 370 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 84 96 97 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 267 Write 120 Mixed 174 SusWrite 89.8 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 29.2 127% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 90.6 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 97.6 76% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 73%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 1TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 9.1 9 9.3 9.3 9.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 80.4 Write 9.3 Mixed 15 SusWrite 9.3 21% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 78%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 9.1 8.3 9 9.3 9.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 62.3 Write 30.4 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 9.1 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 65%
Jmicron Generic DISK03 1.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 4GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.1 9 9.3 9.3 9.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.9% Poor	Read 70.1 Write 63.9 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 9.3 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 42%
Jmicron Generic DISK04 3TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 352GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.1 9 9.3 9.3 9.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 9.3 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-085.A01LF 2x2GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 52%

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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	304x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	216x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	179x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	80x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
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	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
1866 CL10 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 58%, 2,056 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	21x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	18x

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Total price: $648

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