Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	108% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '19 at 07:59
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 546 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.5% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 12.2 9% 10.9 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 13.7 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.5% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 337 349 366 335 329 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 439 Mixed 361 SusWrite 340 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.8 171% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 244 214% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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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%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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