Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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.
Boot Drive	72.9% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '21 at 15:52
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 647 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 8825) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	136% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 240 Parallax 160 152% 196 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 155 Splatting 137 131% 163 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 76 79 66 79 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 311 Write 148 Mixed 197 SusWrite 81.4 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 40.4 156% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 111 100% 154 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free Firmware: 5.20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 179 178 178 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 371 Write 242 Mixed 270 SusWrite 179 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47 170% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 188 152% 215 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 692GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 147 148 147 147 149 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 117 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 146 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 455GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 34.9 Write 37.8 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 39.5 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 49: 5R 8G 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
49%	42%	31	291	216	60	34"	3440 1440	LHC0034 34C801

History: Score 13: 1R 2G 2B | Score 56: 7R 7G 0B | Score 49: 5R 8G 0B

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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	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