Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 12:38
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 371 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 9.18.10.3186 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 11A1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 131 111% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 9 Write 106 Mixed 21.3 10% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 8.4 26% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 34.7 56% 114 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS72101 1TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 109GB free Firmware: A3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 100 97 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 67.8 Write 73.3 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 98.9 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 79%
Seagate ST1000DM005 HD10 1TB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 61GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 103 103 85 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 97 Write 120 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 96.9 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 41GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 110 111 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 147 Write 115 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 110 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,901 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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	188x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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