Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 20:12
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$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 (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 400 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%

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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.38 Parallax 6.59 3% 5.63 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.87 5% 6.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 3%
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 54.4 37% 50.1 fps	MRender 48.2 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36.3 34% 41.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 127 114 133 122 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 162 Write 154 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 113 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 185 182 186 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 152 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 184 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 278GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 69 71 72 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 67 Write 48.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 70.1 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 43%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 581GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 87 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 87.9 131% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 VS2GB1333D3 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 VS2GB1333D3 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	761x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16