Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 20:57
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 573 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 33 45 31 21 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 438 Write 26.3 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 31.1 28% 131 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 18.7 76% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 35 58% 120 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 106%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 86 88 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 84.5 Write 90.5 Mixed 65 SusWrite 86.4 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 85%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 100 104 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 103 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 162% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 154GB free, PID 1f08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 31.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 41.7 49% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 20%
HP External HDD 319GB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 103GB free, PID 4507 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 34 33 34 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 36 Write 30.3 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 32.9 41% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 20%
WD 3200BMV External 320GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 30GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 11 11 10 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	9.65% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 10.2 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 10.4 15% 12 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.65% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 721 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%

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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 $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	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 $133	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