Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 23:20
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 215 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 613 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6591) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 184 Parallax 185 140% 180 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 160 Splatting 113 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 71GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 75 70 71 74 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 498 Write 87.5 Mixed 223 SusWrite 74.6 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 38.3 133% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 126 118% 190 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 463 Mixed 355 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.4 202% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 234 201% 295 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 200GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 56.2 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 56.9 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 388GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 160 160 160 159 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 107 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 159 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 49.8 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 52.2 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. 4x4GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 77%

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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 $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	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