Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 19:55
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 649 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 58.8 Parallax 84.1 52% 68.8 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 73.7 52% 61.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03070009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 79 57 58 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 437 Write 66.1 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 60.9 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 26.9 109% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 62.1 DQ Mixed 72.3 60% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 86GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 86.4 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 98.1 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 660GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 133 134 140 140 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 168 Write 148 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 133 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.5 191% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 154GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 121 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 75.7 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 121 55% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-084.A00LF 2x8GB 1,260 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	832x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	67x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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