Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '20 at 23:31
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 (66^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 210 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 578 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%

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. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 87% 108 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 90.6 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 271 232 248 175 238 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36% Below average	Read 50 Write 4.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 233 17% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 27.9 42% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 86.6 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 105 78% 102 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 88GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 367 288 254 267 262 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 422 Mixed 353 SusWrite 312 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.1 184% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 129 110 110 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 130 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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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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Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,920 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16