Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.8% 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	41% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 21:08
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 165 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 498 49% 400 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 8406) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 36 Parallax 46.4 28% 39 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 34.3 33% 40.9 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 144 128 129 166 178 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41% Average	Read 191 Write 49.3 Mixed 103 SusWrite 136 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 7.2 57% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 118 112% 170 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 118 122 120 120 118 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 304 Write 133 Mixed 169 SusWrite 118 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 25 91% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 106 95% 143 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 318GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 138 141 141 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 176 Mixed 46 SusWrite 137 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 225GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 139 137 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 165 Write 128 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 138 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 336GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 45 48 54 56 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 50.7 39% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 558GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 95 93 98 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 50.5 Write 94 Mixed 55 SusWrite 95.2 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.4 147% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 64%

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16