Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.3% 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	86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 04:09
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 510 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1731 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.3% Poor	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 71.2 4% 49.7 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 61.9 55% 68 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 173 150 147 173 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 338 Write 257 Mixed 294 SusWrite 157 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.3 170% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 215 172% 242 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 602GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 160 160 159 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 153 Mixed 109 SusWrite 158 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 69%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	72x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16