Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89% 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	86.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 17:34
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 600 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 118 92% 117 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.4 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 245 240 243 237 235 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 351 Write 240 Mixed 259 SusWrite 244 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 32.3 146% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 271 213% 297 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 185GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 347 355 358 359 364 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 443 Mixed 355 SusWrite 351 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.5 201% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 287 286 288 288 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 458 Mixed 391 SusWrite 293 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 56.5 181% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 147 150 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 140 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 148 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 175 179 178 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 160 Mixed 107 SusWrite 178 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 96%

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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 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	345x

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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	71x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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