Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 18:46
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 205 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 376 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3731) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 120 Parallax 134 101% 126 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 117 Splatting 96.5 101% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 382 Write 356 Mixed 285 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.7 143% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 304 237% 325 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 182 182 180 183 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 131 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 179 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 13 14 14 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 205 Write 12 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 13.1 44% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/2GX 9905403-083.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/2GX 9905403-083.A00LF 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 53%

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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	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16