Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 21:41
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 539 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 138 Parallax 115 127% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 131 63 64 79 64 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 477 Mixed 340 SusWrite 134 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.2 199% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 231 208% 316 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 258GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 54 60 64 73 73 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1360 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%

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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