Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130819
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 11 '19 at 13:22
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 45%
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 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 93.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 254
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 469
59% 447 Pts
64-Core 473
29% 473 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 84%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 104
Parallax 106
89% 106 fps
MRender 95.3
Gravity 99.4
Splatting 96.3
79% 97 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 472
Write 475
Mixed 392
100% 447 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 60.8
212% 76.5 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 345
264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
59GB free
Firmware: CC3E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 85 84 89 90 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
55.4% Above average
Read 107
Write 95.8
Mixed 66
SusWrite 85.9
65% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
61.4% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 18.8
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 19.7
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 61.7
65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,901 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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