Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '20 at 23:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 561 56% 458 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 71.6 61% 74.9 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 69.9 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 236 Write 46.3 Mixed 66.7 25% 116 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 13.9 66% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 49 DQ Mixed 40.7 64% 130 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 73%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 174 176 175 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 165 Mixed 103 SusWrite 168 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 365GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 141 139 142 142 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 112 Mixed 28 SusWrite 137 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 107%
PNY Tech DUO-LINK 3.0 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 12GB free, PID 00df Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 16 17 16 17 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 26 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 16.6 31% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.5 104% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%

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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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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