Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	77.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 07:32
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 190 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 565 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 145 168 146 142 150 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 354 Write 209 Mixed 235 SusWrite 154 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 34.8 147% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 206 158% 214 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 91%
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 200GB free Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 194 221 229 256 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 453 Write 271 Mixed 269 SusWrite 215 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 16.8 79% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 33.6 39% 69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 57%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 61GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 107 120 111 119 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 49.5 Write 49.3 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 114 43% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 105GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 61 66 116 115 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 109 Write 98.8 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 79.4 57% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 83 72 69 77 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 93 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 78.6 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 70%

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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