Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 20:33
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 526 68% 514 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.44% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.4 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.44% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 335 331 248 313 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 185 Mixed 195 SusWrite 308 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 35.2 146% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 107 116% 200 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 232GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 108 Write 24.8 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 104 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G4M1 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1200, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 86%

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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%

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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	848x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	764x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	354x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	73x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	70x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $777

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369