Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.6% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 09:14
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 470 48% 389 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 93 82% 101 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 98.3 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 130 132 109 123 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 471 Write 186 Mixed 226 SusWrite 126 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 18.5 118% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 57.7 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 72%
WDC WD5000AAKS-00V6A0 2TB 1TB free Firmware: HPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 451 448 463 465 460 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 437 Write 460 Mixed 353 SusWrite 455 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.1 143% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 323 227% 280 MB/s

WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 539GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 75 84 88 71 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 73 Write 47 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 80.9 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 38GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 88 78 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 101 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 76.7 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	832x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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