Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.3% 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	90.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 22:02
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 396 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.3% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 70.2 58% 71.1 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 68.9 55% 67.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 197 200 199 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 262 Mixed 270 SusWrite 196 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42.4 166% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 152 144% 224 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 91%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 39GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 430 438 447 448 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 410 Mixed 440 SusWrite 416 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.8 180% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 294 241% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 155 153 153 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 150 Write 156 Mixed 105 SusWrite 153 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 170 172 170 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 152 Mixed 91 SusWrite 170 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 20.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $290	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