Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 04:01
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 193 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 386 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 39.5 37% 43.5 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 36 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 240 315 278 291 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 415 Write 282 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 262 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 12.6 46% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 15.9 14% 21.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 22GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 109 89 23 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 103 Write 42.2 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 53.7 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free Firmware: JC4B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 52.2 Write 52.2 Mixed 49.5 39% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 18GB free, PID 00b0 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 26 26 27 25 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 6 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 24.3 22% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3 195% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16