Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	95.5% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 21:57
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 572 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D1) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 30.5 35% 34.4 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 36.9 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280 480GB 2,297 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6A SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 174 150 157 157 159 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 457 Mixed 419 SusWrite 203 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 46.8 154% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 122 157% 281 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 128%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 161GB free Firmware: A840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 84 83 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 83 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 82%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 244GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 166 166 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 127 SusWrite 166 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%
Seagate M3 500GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 347GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 102 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 101 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 66%
WD WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 8TB 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 2.7 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 98 Write 133 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 5.1 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0 147% 1.73 MB/s

TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 29GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 36 Write 38.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 18.9 38% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 44%
Seagate D3 Station 3TB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 8GB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 39.2 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 18.4 42% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	832x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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	90x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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