Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.5% 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	52.2% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '18 at 21:34
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 661 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 77.9 51% 66.4 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 73.5 52% 62.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03070009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 52 53 52 55 56 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.2% Above average	Read 258 Write 64 Mixed 116 SusWrite 59.1 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 37.4 106% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 45.5 DQ Mixed 65.4 56% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 390GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 107 107 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 89.7 Mixed 55 SusWrite 107 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 820GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 190 190 193 192 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 120 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 186 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.5 212% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 194GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 159 160 162 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 141 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 155 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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