Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	103% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '18 at 21:33
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 239 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 625 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 214 Parallax 194 133% 190 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 197 Splatting 137 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 663GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 398 433 397 373 370 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 409 Mixed 392 SusWrite 395 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 39.3 145% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 306 245% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 230GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 244 184 175 172 180 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 442 Write 355 Mixed 179 SusWrite 208 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 23.9 110% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 76.3 128% 250 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 170 170 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 135 Mixed 68 SusWrite 169 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 182 186 185 185 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 128 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 183 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1315 ST51264BA1339.16FM 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1315 ST51264BA1339.16FM 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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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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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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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