Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (100th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 0 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	143% 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	120% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 09:34
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (100^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 212 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 456 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 205 Parallax 208 169% 207 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 196 Splatting 128 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 477 480 492 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 364 SusWrite 464 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 49.5 184% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 173 176% 286 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 116%
Kingston SUV500240G 240GB 13,649 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 184GB free Firmware: 003056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 117 105 118 117 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 470 Mixed 389 SusWrite 128 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51.2 186% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 162 147% 224 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 71%

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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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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	842x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	353x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x

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	88x

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	69x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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