Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	141% 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	86.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 179 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 427 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	141% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 224 Parallax 241 145% 214 fps	MRender 264 Gravity 214 Splatting 141 162% 206 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 177 195 175 178 177 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 472 Write 315 Mixed 205 SusWrite 191 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 35.4 138% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 138 148% 247 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 109%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 201GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 391 451 448 464 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 433 Mixed 385 SusWrite 435 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 52.8 178% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 213GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 54.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 55 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 41%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 872GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 90 90 90 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 81 Write 67.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 90.5 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 186GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 94 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 86.7 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 93.9 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	752x
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	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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