Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.9% 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	99.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '23 at 05:04
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 359 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 580X 366 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 0B37) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.2 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 60 Parallax 81.6 52% 68.3 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 68 Splatting 44.3 46% 58.4 fps
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 149 151 152 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 458 Mixed 361 SusWrite 181 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 50.9 170% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 353 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 112%
Nvme SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 512GB 842 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 473GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1022 476 386 396 404 404 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,226 Write 1,029 Mixed 1,174 SusWrite 515 221% 986 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 17.4 86% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,198 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 28.9 165% 414 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 290%
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 60GB free Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 80 70 71 72 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 454 Write 381 Mixed 335 SusWrite 98.3 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 30.9 128% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 185 174% 269 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 93%
Intenso SATAIII 256GB 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 227GB free Firmware: R0817A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 414 416 427 434 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 424 Mixed 402 SusWrite 416 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 27.1 122% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 43 96% 194 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 98%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 973GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 113 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 147 Write 135 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 112 132% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

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

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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	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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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