Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.2% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 20:17
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 467 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3004) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 60.6 40% 47.2 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 40.1 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 67GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3162034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17523466571744 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 31 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 33 77311574044 (C2) HDA temperature 28 33 77311574044 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3162034 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3162034 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3162034 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 494 (EA) Unknown 0 0 472 (F1) Unknown 0 0 472 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1789	47.9% Average	Read 182 Write 142 Mixed 118 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 8.59 89% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 11.5 48% 106 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4478 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 923 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 45 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12253992093	79.8% Very good	Read 488 Write 272 Mixed 304 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 19.8 120% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 43.7 73% 148 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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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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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	752x
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	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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