Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.9% 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	126% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 10 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '19 at 08:19
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 522 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 128 Parallax 122 95% 122 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 109 Splatting 112 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 459 461 405 213 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 476 Mixed 461 SusWrite 366 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 62.8 227% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 225 185% 264 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 465GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 140 141 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 154 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 141 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 20GB 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 15.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 16 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns

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

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	840x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	350x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	238x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

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: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16