Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% 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)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 09:57
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 536 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 (SLI Disabled) 1,205 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 83A3) 1.5GB CLim: 612 MHz, MLim: 855 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 24.4 34% 33.1 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 17 Splatting 24.9 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 454 Write 218 Mixed 229 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 29.6 105% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 121 117% 189 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 216GB free Firmware: 060E SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 64 67 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 50.2 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 65.5 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 66%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 598GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 82 84 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 82.5 Write 87.4 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 83.7 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 59%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 8.3 7.9 9 8.7 9 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.3% Terrible	Read 9.3 Write 3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 8 8% 6.38 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.3% Great: 10%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 125GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 52GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 14 1.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 17.2 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 13.3 26% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.8 117% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 77%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	206x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	87x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16