Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.9% 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)
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 18:33
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 560 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 29 Parallax 36.8 25% 32.3 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 32.3 30% 37 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 254 Mixed 96.5 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 25.5 117% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 117 121% 202 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 445GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 100 101 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 134 Write 125 Mixed 89 SusWrite 102 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 98GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 98 98 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 134 Write 104 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 97.6 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 33GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 101 97 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 117 Write 28.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 99.8 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 75%
Hds721075kla33r RSD HUA 750GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 51GB free Firmware: GK8OA9JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 45 44 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 54.3 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 44.5 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	761x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	347x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16