Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.3% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 09:38
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 517 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gainward(10B0 1184) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 48.8 32% 41.8 fps	MRender 51.1 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 34.4 35% 43.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 150 136 127 125 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 290 Write 193 Mixed 277 SusWrite 140 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 35.9 129% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 208 160% 219 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 129GB free Firmware: 30WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 340 352 370 378 377 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 426 Mixed 305 SusWrite 359 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 45.3 158% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 243 209% 308 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 184 184 186 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 186 Mixed 91 SusWrite 185 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 116GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 215 217 221 227 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 239 Write 210 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 218 242% 185 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 8.2 705% 9.73 MB/s	DQ Read 11.1 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 10.2 813% 11.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905471-074.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905471-074.A00LF 24GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 65%

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Gaming 60%

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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	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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 $300	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