Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 19:05
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 402 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 6188) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.11% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 4.31 4% 5.08 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 3.52 4% 5.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.11% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 Pro 51 512GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0308D_H SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 436 441 444 443 443 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 435 Mixed 389 SusWrite 437 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.3 160% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 100 138% 252 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 136 137 137 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 137 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 34.9 Write 35.1 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 41.3 26% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.6 218% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 130 135 137 140 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 116 Write 148 Mixed 102 SusWrite 133 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.7 403% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 90%
SanDisk Cruzer 250GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 34GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 5.2 6.1 7.8 6.2 5.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	6.44% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 11.5 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 6.1 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 31% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.44% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905403-518.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 55%

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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	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 $273	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 $178	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) $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