Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 01:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 726 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 200 Parallax 200 155% 196 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 459 464 473 474 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 481 Mixed 371 SusWrite 466 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.2 204% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 168GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 297 296 298 299 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 482 Mixed 396 SusWrite 314 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.9 211% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 716GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 134 135 135 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 134 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 97%

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

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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	751x
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	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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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