Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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.
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.

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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 21:48
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 486 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 150 Parallax 133 115% 142 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 482 Mixed 303 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.6 195% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 178 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 895GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 120 121 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 115 Write 76.3 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 120 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0821 16G-D3-1600-MR 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 56%

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
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 $94Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16