Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.1% 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	92% 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	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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 03:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 176 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 365 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 72%

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: 417.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 59.8 53% 63.9 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 53 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 297 299 302 304 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 401 Mixed 392 SusWrite 279 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 45 138% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 317 237% 316 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 104%
Seagate ST3500620AS 500GB-$145 5,462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 239GB free Firmware: DE12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 94 Write 90 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 91.8 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 53%

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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%

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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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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