Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35% 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	83% 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	23.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 162 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 539 50% 418 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 43.9 Parallax 39.4 37% 42.9 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 217 203 211 202 206 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 463 Write 318 Mixed 259 SusWrite 209 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 32.8 122% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 140 153% 260 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 108%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 753GB free Firmware: 03.M0300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 104 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 78 SusWrite 105 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1360, 1360, 1360, 1360 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 59%

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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%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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	188x

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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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) $37	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