Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	144% 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.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 06:59
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 735 79% 628 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 214 Parallax 213 168% 211 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 200 Splatting 132 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14397 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2424 (B1) Unknown 96 96 137 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18440610055	106% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 446 Mixed 471 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 28.9 148% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 91.8 135% 255 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3157 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2405 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60272 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.6% Good	Read 119 Write 123 Mixed 124 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.16 90% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 86%

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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	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16