Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 21:43
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 456 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 199 Parallax 199 148% 193 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 39 42 48 42 48 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.1% Above average	Read 252 Write 57.7 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 45.7 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 23.8 106% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 54.4 81% 159 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 419GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 457 474 489 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 486 Mixed 404 SusWrite 467 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 67.4 230% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 320GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 158 159 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 138 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 159 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 64%

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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	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 $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