Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 00:20
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 542 71% 535 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 89% 109 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 101 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 187 209 211 212 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 201 Mixed 204 SusWrite 199 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 16 127% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 78.7 94% 164 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 78%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 35GB free Firmware: P0510D SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 156 55 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 326 Mixed 334 SusWrite 103 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47.6 173% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 216 180% 258 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 91%
Intel SSDSC2BW120A3F 120GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 11GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 122 123 144 146 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 153 Mixed 211 SusWrite 138 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.6 188% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 181 139% 191 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 81 79 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 94.3 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 79.8 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 113GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 90 89 80 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 115 Write 111 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 86.1 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160B.C16F 2x4GB 3,229 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 25.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 62%

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

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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 $127Bench 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 $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	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 $182	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) $30	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