Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	98.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 08:53
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 402 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 54.1 36% 46.5 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 37.7 38% 48 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 109 110 90 91 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 450 Mixed 351 SusWrite 136 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 53.9 178% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 82 84 82 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 116 SusWrite 79 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 25.5 105% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 89.9 72% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 114 101 101 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 430 Write 165 Mixed 180 SusWrite 109 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 21.4 123% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 95.1 90% 140 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 73%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 1TB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 577GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 156 160 160 160 160 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 175 Write 166 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 159 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 103%
WD 2500BEVExternal 250GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 94GB free, PID 0702 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 42 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 40 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 41.3 49% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.75% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1.1 1% 1.02 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 48% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 2.75% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 560 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

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Gaming 60%

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	761x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	347x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

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	87x

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	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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