Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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)
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '22 at 23:06
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 113 2-Core 207 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 446 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.98 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 75 Parallax 89.3 53% 76.4 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 63.6 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,947 Write 5089 Mixed 5221 1,208% 5,419 MB/s	4K Read 549 4K Write 284 4K Mixed 352 1,434% 395 MB/s	DQ Read 1,833 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 1,369 1,059% 1,463 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 166 169 172 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 38.6 Write 109 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 166 60% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 741GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 89 92 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 78.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 93.3 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 73%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 52GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 49 49 49 51 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 46.4 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 49.8 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $179	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