Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.8% 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	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 19:47
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 578 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 29 Parallax 37.4 30% 34.6 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 39.7 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 33 34 34 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 353 Write 44.5 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 34.7 27% 125 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 17.8 85% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 44.8 71% 145 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 173 169 169 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 170 Mixed 108 SusWrite 171 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 351GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 137 139 140 137 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 113 Mixed 30 SusWrite 138 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 107%
PNY Tech DUO-LINK 3.0 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 12GB free, PID 00df Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 26 25 25 26 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 136 Write 20.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 26 51% 52 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.7 116% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $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