Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 15:40
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 185 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 488 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 143 Parallax 137 95% 132 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 487 Mixed 368 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.2 198% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 13GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 408 Write 390 Mixed 388 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 40 143% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 319 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 230 Write 102 Mixed 178 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 32.7 132% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 89.3 72% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$169 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 159 Write 176 Mixed 93.5 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 277% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 6GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 73.5 Write 84.7 Mixed 38 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 87%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 338GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 125 127 125 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 95.5 Write 93.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 125 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 149 144 146 146 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 146 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 166 165 170 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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