Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.1% 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	85.1% 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	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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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '22 at 01:06
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 197 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 363 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 364 23% 364 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 62.2 54% 65.9 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 63.5 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 343 393 417 426 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 332 Write 218 Mixed 290 SusWrite 376 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 33.2 118% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 171 159% 241 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 124 126 122 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 49.8 Write 95.3 Mixed 56 SusWrite 124 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.4 177% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 104 98 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 174 Write 46.2 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 101 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 181 177 179 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 109 Write 145 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 174 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 22.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 87%

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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%

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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	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	102x
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 $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