Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 02:02
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 494 62% 473 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 118 90% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.4 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 411 423 396 400 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 426 Mixed 366 SusWrite 406 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.4 202% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 695GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 411 423 396 400 395 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 422 Mixed 385 SusWrite 407 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 9.6 143% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 182 179 180 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 151 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 179 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 640GB-$135 3,861 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 544GB free Firmware: A31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 100 104 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.8 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 102 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GB 946 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 74%

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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	102x
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	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 $45	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