Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics137% 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 Drive61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130419
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 02 '18 at 17:56
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 89.4
1-Core 120
2-Core 230
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 619
66% 524 Pts
64-Core 622
38% 622 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Lighting 196
Reflection 209
Parallax 206
160% 204 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 184
Splatting 131
121% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 137%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
61.1% Good
Read 507
Write 225
Mixed 307
76% 346 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 24
4K Mixed 14.7
72% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 82.2
DQ Mixed 48.3
58% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1360 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.5% Above average
MC Read 18.4
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 14
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 18
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,899 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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