Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	127% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 04:00
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 422 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 150 Parallax 151 128% 153 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 112% 142 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 341 376 376 375 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 483 Mixed 442 SusWrite 356 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.4 220% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 280GB free Firmware: 1B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 75 75 71 75 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 50 Write 51.3 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 73.5 38% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 51%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 191 193 191 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 150 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 188 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.6 309% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Maxtor OneTouch 300GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 279GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 11 Write 37.3 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 38.2 38% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 19%
Lexar JD FireFly 2GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID a761 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 2.8 Mixed 4 SusWrite 3.1 6% 5.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992124R (997124R) 2x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 23.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

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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%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16