Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 17:34
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 598 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 83.3 55% 70.2 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 74.9 54% 65 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 143 125 112 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 506 Write 146 Mixed 210 SusWrite 125 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40.2 152% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 156 130% 191 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 253GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 446 440 453 453 452 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 205 Write 103 Mixed 85 SusWrite 409 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 40.2 110% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 169 159% 243 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 736GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 178 178 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 170 Mixed 96 SusWrite 178 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 416GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 77 76 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 77.5 Write 75.3 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 76.1 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB 972 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1428 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 61%

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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 $127Bench 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	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	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 $182	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) $30	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