Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.9% 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	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 15:23
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 404 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E343) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.9% Average	Lighting 53.5 Reflection 57.6 Parallax 76.5 44% 62.5 fps	MRender 55.3 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 42.6 42% 52.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 389 384 401 404 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 402 Mixed 381 SusWrite 390 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 58.5 188% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 258 214% 305 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$98 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 437GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 412 405 421 423 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 420 Mixed 400 SusWrite 412 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.6 198% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 137%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 158GB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 126 124 124 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 144 Mixed 81 SusWrite 124 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 91%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 40GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 137 139 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 149 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 138 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.5 306% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 76%

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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	23.1"	1280 720	VSC402A VX2336 SERIES

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Desktop 80%

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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	752x
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	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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