Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '21 at 20:02
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 562 54% 448 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% XFX(1682 C570) CLim: 1389 MHz, MLim: 1810 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.7.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 89.5 52% 72.8 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 48.5 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 416 423 427 380 385 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 389 Mixed 409 SusWrite 404 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 54.9 179% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 291 238% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
PNY SSD2SC120G726A104-475-27796 500GB 159GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 422 429 425 442 439 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 504 Write 456 Mixed 437 SusWrite 428 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.5 191% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 296 241% 342 MB/s

WD Purple Surveillance 1TB (2017)-$45 9,464 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 699GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 81 81 80 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 83.5 Write 82.7 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 79.5 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 368GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 162 162 161 162 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 112 Write 88.6 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 160 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.3 122% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 64%

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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	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	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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