Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.5% 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	55.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 19:19
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 98.4 1-Core 66.9 2-Core 114 61% 93 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 185 21% 164 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 54.5 Parallax 55.6 31% 49.5 fps	MRender 45.8 Gravity 44.6 Splatting 39.5 35% 43.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$72 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 42 32 37 33 35 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	55.9% Above average	Read 253 Write 251 Mixed 242 SusWrite 61.2 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 34.1 101% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 45 86% 165 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 776GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 111 123 121 122 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 184 Write 155 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 98 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.9% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.4 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 44.1 91% 44.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	844x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	353x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	73x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	69x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16