Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive115% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 11 '18 at 05:46
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Memory 97.1
1-Core 121
2-Core 240
87% 153 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 449
60% 450 Pts
64-Core 446
28% 446 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
54.4% Above average
Lighting 53.1
Reflection 109
Parallax 99.2
43% 87.2 fps
MRender 92.2
Gravity 97.4
Splatting 89.7
76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 258 273 255 166 229 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 482
Mixed 380
SusWrite 247
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 58.8
206% 73.4 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 236
211% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 115%
Great: 118%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62
928GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 141 141 138 140 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
80% Very good
Read 138
Write 135
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 140
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
194% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 80%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 30.7
MC Mixed 26.8
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 23.6
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 49.9
80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,895 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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