Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 188 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 504 47% 393 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 132 Parallax 125 100% 126 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 38 36 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 31GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 117 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 100 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 117 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 84%
Apple HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 1,495 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 625GB free Firmware: AQ03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 120 121 113 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 114 Mixed 75 SusWrite 127 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 269GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 109 109 109 108 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 139 Write 130 Mixed 92 SusWrite 108 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 156 158 158 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 157 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 157 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ81EG8BFWB-JS-F 4x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 118%

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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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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	839x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	348x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	238x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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