Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '23 at 23:36
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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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 i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 177 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 234 32% 238 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 402B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 96% 114 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.8 91% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 365 382 428 433 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 404 Mixed 271 SusWrite 383 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 36.6 129% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 162 171% 282 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 502GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 96 99 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 97.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

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 $40	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