Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 16:35
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 642 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.4 37% 43.1 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.9 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 419 451 443 439 449 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 434 Mixed 378 SusWrite 419 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50.7 177% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 119 121 122 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 118 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 120 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 78GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 93 94 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 136 Write 156 Mixed 100 SusWrite 93.6 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.9 305% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 51GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 77 75 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 93.7 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 76.1 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 67%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 404GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 116 117 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 101 Write 110 Mixed 94 SusWrite 116 146% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 120% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 66%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 16GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 17 21 20 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 99.8 Write 50.2 Mixed 2 SusWrite 19.6 45% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.4 55% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 30%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 7GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 7.4 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 49.7 Write 10.7 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 9.3 18% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 42% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 22%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 7.1 7.2 7.1 7 6.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	4.98% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 9 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 7 10% 8.43 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.98% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 61%

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Desktop 80%

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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	751x
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	188x

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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16