Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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 Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 02:21
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 694 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 1815 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 123 Parallax 108 96% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 97.4 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 298 302 303 310 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 448 Mixed 376 SusWrite 316 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.1 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 349 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 270GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 472 471 474 476 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 490 Mixed 452 SusWrite 473 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 65.3 222% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 816GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 179 176 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 146 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 178 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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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	759x
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 $80Bench 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: $631

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16