Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '21 at 22:46
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (86^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 425 50% 390 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 154 Parallax 162 131% 159 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 134 Splatting 121 118% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 429 Mixed 297 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 50.7 176% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 181 186% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 178GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 350 315 316 315 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 441 Mixed 416 SusWrite 308 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.6 191% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 33GB free Firmware: 3.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 61 63 63 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 63 Write 63.2 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 62.9 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 53%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 669GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 81 112 116 106 99 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61% Good	Read 127 Write 130 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 85.6 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-174.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-174.A00LF 12GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

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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	839x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	348x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	238x
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 $135Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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