Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '20 at 03:54
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 739 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 202 Parallax 205 156% 199 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 191 Splatting 135 124% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 288 292 270 260 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 460 Mixed 367 SusWrite 279 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.4 216% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 352 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 369GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 427 426 429 429 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 1,712 Mixed 1336 SusWrite 507 286% 1,277 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 81.5 296% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,209 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 1,005 766% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 237%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 275GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 486 486 488 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 486 Mixed 465 SusWrite 487 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.7 216% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 884GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 178 179 180 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 126 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 177 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 43.3 92% 43.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

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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	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 $45	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