Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 07:07
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 397 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 53.2 37% 49.7 fps	MRender 48.6 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 36.2 33% 41.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 122 149 146 135 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 165 Mixed 112 SusWrite 138 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 109%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 829GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 89 84 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 92 Write 91.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 85.3 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 56%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 45GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 64 62 64 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 62.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 63.1 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 43%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 616GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 111 102 102 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 105 132% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 VS2GB1333D3 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 VS2GB1333D3 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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%

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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	841x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	351x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	238x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

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	69x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16