Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 08:48
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 663 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% 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 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 7.31 Parallax 7.47 3% 6.27 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 0.04 3% 4.46 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% 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: 456.38 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.8 82% 98.4 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 94.8 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 114 2.3 85 75 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 431 Write 370 Mixed 333 SusWrite 96.4 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 149 103% 135 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 57GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 445 393 384 307 301 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 428 Mixed 359 SusWrite 376 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 55.5 182% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 128 135 147 134 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 91.1 Write 87.6 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 133 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.5% 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% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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