Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	55.3% 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	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). 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	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 04:53
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 50.5 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 76.2 45% 70.8 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 226 27% 210 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (70 fps cap detected)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 70 54% 68.5 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 71.1 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 134 147 153 136 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 312 Write 166 Mixed 202 SusWrite 145 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 17 58% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 140 131% 204 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 228GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 92 91 92 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 65.5 Write 65.3 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 91.9 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 595GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 156 159 160 159 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 163 Mixed 85 SusWrite 157 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 159 25% 159 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 64%

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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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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
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	72x
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 $269	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 $40	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