Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 20:21
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 236 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 552 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 99.7 Parallax 87.3 75% 93 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 85.9 Splatting 81.7 70% 86.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 448 458 424 209 178 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 466 Mixed 408 SusWrite 324 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 57.3 192% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 196GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 167 169 171 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 177 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 166 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 58%

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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	8	6	60	21.5"	1280 720	IVM5633 PL2288H

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	848x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	764x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	354x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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	73x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	70x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359