Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	85.2% 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 (37%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 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 23 '19 at 04:14
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 665 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 87% 113 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 227 140 118 136 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 417 Write 438 Mixed 319 SusWrite 181 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.4 150% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 180 157% 227 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 107%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 701GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 458 461 466 465 461 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 463 Mixed 433 SusWrite 460 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.7 187% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 903GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 141 141 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 108 SusWrite 139 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%

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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	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 $182	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) $30	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