Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.1% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 04:19
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 604 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$130 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 113 Parallax 69.6 60% 85.4 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 69.6 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$100 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 464 Write 396 Mixed 303 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 46.4 161% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 172 180% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$60 65,806 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 917GB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 402 415 428 423 425 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 435 Mixed 428 SusWrite 387 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 42.2 144% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 189 154% 227 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 137%
WDC WD6003FFBX-68MU3N0 6TB 482 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 234 231 231 238 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 233 Write 228 Mixed 102 SusWrite 225 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 1.5 9% 3.87 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 4.5 DQ Mixed 3.5 2% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 29%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 598GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 103 104 105 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 194 Write 186 Mixed 109 SusWrite 103 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 194GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 54 55 55 56 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 68.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 55.4 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 71%

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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: 0P 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	71	60	60	23"	1920 1080	AOC2343 2343

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $229Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	638x
Core i5-4670KIntel $145Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	602x
Core i7-4770Intel $114Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	271x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	192x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	81x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $153Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	67x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	72x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	60x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	52x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16