Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive80.5% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 09 '19 at 18:18
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 232
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 468
63% 470 Pts
64-Core 465
29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1693 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76% Very good
Lighting 98.7
Reflection 98
Parallax 86
80% 94.2 fps
MRender 85.1
Gravity 86.7
Splatting 77.3
67% 83.1 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 359 363 359 347 360 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Read 412
Write 347
Mixed 240
SusWrite 352
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 70.5
4K Mixed 26.5
117% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 72.7
DQ Mixed 81.7
82% 138 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
259GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 190 196 193 194 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 202
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 193
126% 172 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 115%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
59.6% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 18.4
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 17.9
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 58.6
68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,923 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $603
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