Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '21 at 20:07
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 576 57% 467 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 134 72% 97.4 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 42.7 53% 67.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Emtec X150 480GB 1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 160 185 158 159 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 344 Write 235 Mixed 145 SusWrite 169 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 19.3 96% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 32.3 62% 126 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 99%
Samsung MZ7PD128HCFV-000H1 500GB 70GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 113 113 113 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 110 Write 98.2 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 112 21% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.8 MB/s

WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 291GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 93.4 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 101 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 1,090 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 58: 9R 3G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
58%	23%	69	267	221	60	21.5"	1920 1080	AOC2243 2243W

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	101x
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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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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