Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Run History

21 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '22 at 04:39
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i7-4770-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 180 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 461 49% 390 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F0) CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 57.2 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 77 47% 64.1 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 43.4 43% 53.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 473 Write 461 Mixed 343 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 50.7 170% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 235 209% 315 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 1TB 2,531 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 37GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 394 372 376 339 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 461 Mixed 440 SusWrite 360 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 52.9 176% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%
Asmt 2235 250GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 201GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 268 267 213 141 131 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 332 Write 391 Mixed 323 SusWrite 228 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 27.8 91% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 115 100% 147 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 847GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 137 140 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 173 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 137 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST8000NE0004-1ZF11G 8TB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3.5TB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 196 197 197 196 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 178 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 195 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.5 267% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
WD My Passport 0827 3TB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 212GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 38.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 42.1 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 72%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	846x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	353x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16