Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 14 '20 at 16:01
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 433 53% 404 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 119 Parallax 115 100% 119 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 104 Splatting 82.9 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 34 33 28 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 441 Write 268 Mixed 182 SusWrite 37.3 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 40 135% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 38.6 68% 139 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 44GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 452 448 439 437 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 454 Mixed 319 SusWrite 424 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 41.1 155% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 141 148% 244 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 671GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 113 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 71.8 Write 143 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 115 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 172 170 175 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 127 Write 149 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 172 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 218% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 65%

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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	832x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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