Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
Boot Drive	94.6% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 15:56
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 556 53% 436 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 176 Parallax 189 131% 175 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 155 Splatting 118 122% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 78 79 79 78 79 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 445 Mixed 322 SusWrite 108 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.5 177% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 178 184% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 154GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 276 275 275 276 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 297 Mixed 338 SusWrite 295 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 45.4 176% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 231 209% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 198 196 199 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 179 Write 148 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 196 201% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%

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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	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	757x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
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	72x
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 $269	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