Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.1% 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	96.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 10:31
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 190 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 357 46% 349 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 34 23% 30.9 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 31.4 24% 29 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 232 259 252 232 233 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 434 Mixed 378 SusWrite 259 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 46.5 155% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 306 240% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 46GB free Firmware: 0362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 119 113 113 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 240 Write 119 Mixed 132 SusWrite 117 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 20.9 70% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 37.7 44% 77.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 48%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 157GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 66 64 65 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 21.5 Write 18.2 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 63.9 23% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 59%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 340GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 79 80 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 96.9 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 79.4 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 65%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 800GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 154 151 155 155 153 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 112 SusWrite 152 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2400C11Y2R 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 83%

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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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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	761x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	347x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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