Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 09:43
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 192 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 370 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 90.2 81% 91.9 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 78.7 76% 95.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 126 131 127 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 393 Write 150 Mixed 185 SusWrite 128 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.3 147% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 115 102% 155 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 187GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 110 111 118 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 159 Write 158 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 114 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 20 19 19 21 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 33.2 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 17.8 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.6 200% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 87%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1.5TB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 389GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 19 20 19 18 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 38.7 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 20.7 37% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 1302 1600 CL10 Series 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 1302 1600 CL10 Series 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 20.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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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%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	842x
Core i5-4670KIntel $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	353x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

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	69x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16