Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '21 at 21:25
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 235 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 601 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 0513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.6.2 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 28.1 Parallax 21.5 13% 21.7 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 20 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1002 128GB 7,802 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 94 79 51 63 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 447 Write 205 Mixed 198 SusWrite 78.2 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 34.1 144% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 191 163% 244 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%
Pcie SSD 2TB 13,829 User benchmarks, average bench 350% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2234 2250 2267 2251 2264 2272 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 1,108 Write 1,690 Mixed 1,356 SusWrite 2,256 365% 1,603 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 74.2 244% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,023 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 826 609% 812 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 556%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 191 192 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 149 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 190 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 149 148 151 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 136 Write 83.6 Mixed 100 SusWrite 147 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 75.8 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 97 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	22"	1280 720	SAM030D SyncMaster

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	832x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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