Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 21:02
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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-$62 128,482 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 (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 452 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 177 Parallax 195 145% 183 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 157 Splatting 117 126% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 389 364 216 107 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 438 Mixed 428 SusWrite 268 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 45.9 145% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 332 249% 332 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 109%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 86 75 57 45 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 373 Write 201 Mixed 179 SusWrite 72.3 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 15.5 86% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 34.8 70% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 86%
WD WD2000JS-00MHB0 200GB 2,544 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 113GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 52 53 53 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 43 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 52.3 34% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

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

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	842x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	351x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	238x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x

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	72x
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 $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16