Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 00:45
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 496 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2700 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 151 Parallax 150 110% 145 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 148 Splatting 100 99% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 426 443 425 426 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 460 Mixed 286 SusWrite 384 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.7 156% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 336 251% 332 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 67%

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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	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACI22FA VE228

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Gaming 60%

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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	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
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	72x
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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16