Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	155% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 08:58
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 249 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 646 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	155% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 226 Parallax 244 176% 228 fps	MRender 253 Gravity 206 Splatting 136 156% 198 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 452 455 455 461 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 467 Mixed 440 SusWrite 451 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.8 197% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 59GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 112 104 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 158 Write 109 Mixed 138 SusWrite 110 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 18.6 62% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 91.9 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 52.3 42% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 176 165 169 183 129 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 142 Write 139 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 162 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 69 71 73 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 87.2 Write 87.5 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 70.6 50% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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

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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	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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