Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% 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 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 22:28
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 581 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 117 92% 116 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.7 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 102 87 73 69 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 338 Write 87.2 Mixed 148 SusWrite 82.8 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 32.4 129% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 93.6 103% 182 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 51GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 467 466 483 263 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 482 Mixed 354 SusWrite 388 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47 169% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 170 175% 286 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 587GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 94 94 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 86.7 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 93.5 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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