Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '23 at 13:28
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 206 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 523 56% 443 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.6% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 60.7 39% 48.8 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 24.9 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 243 232 226 220 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 320 Write 242 Mixed 227 SusWrite 226 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 31.2 108% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 127 138% 234 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 110%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 412 397 463 455 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 387 Mixed 382 SusWrite 431 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 47.8 157% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 137%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 59 59 58 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 80.3 Write 77.5 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 59.5 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 F3-2133C10-8GXM 0420 F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 F3-2133C10-8GXM 32GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 24.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 78%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	761x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	348x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16