Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	48% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 14:48
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 170 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 419 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 58 15 21 66 5.1 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48% Average	Read 215 Write 94 Mixed 186 SusWrite 55.6 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 22.6 86% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 123 118% 185 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 100%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 148GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 45 91 87 115 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 420 Write 370 Mixed 26 SusWrite 129 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 1.2 39% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 18.6 DQ Mixed 0.2 28% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 102%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 161GB free Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 934 289 290 287 286 289 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 857 Write 1,052 Mixed 853 SusWrite 396 178% 790 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 56.7 199% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 730 515% 647 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 587GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 136 139 138 137 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 121 Write 79.5 Mixed 71 SusWrite 136 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 73 SusWrite 120 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 87%

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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 $139Bench 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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16