Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	105% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '21 at 19:09
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 418 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.2 78% 101 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 96 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 74 118 211 160 67 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 425 Mixed 361 SusWrite 134 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.6 198% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 93 93 50 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 150 Write 152 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 75.5 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%

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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	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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	188x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	71x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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