Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 14:35
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 580 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 3288) 1GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 21.4 14% 18.3 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 15.4 16% 19.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 373 361 236 359 379 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 466 Mixed 414 SusWrite 346 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 9.8 104% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 264 214% 302 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 127%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 766GB free Firmware: S0118C SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 644 620 437 629 649 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 626 Mixed 440 SusWrite 603 133% 594 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 82 246% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 543 435% 616 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 318%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 191 179 182 194 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 116 Write 93.4 Mixed 76 SusWrite 188 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 112%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 9.9 9.6 9.9 9.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Read 38.5 Write 10 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 9.9 22% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.1 66% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 4x8GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 127%

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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	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	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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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