Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 422 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 04BC) ≥ 4GB; ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX560-4G-GAMING CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 39.8 26% 34.7 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 35.1 27% 32.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 415 408 424 423 425 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 435 Mixed 344 SusWrite 417 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52.5 169% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 229 194% 281 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 146GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 172 172 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 180 Mixed 112 SusWrite 172 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.6 332% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 527GB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 155 155 152 156 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 160 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 155 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 76%

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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 $129Bench 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