Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 169% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 139% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	214% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '23 at 21:53
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (92^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 574 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Zotac(19DA 2612) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	214% Outstanding	Lighting 313 Reflection 306 Parallax 345 255% 322 fps	MRender 364 Gravity 267 Splatting 196 217% 276 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 64 58 51 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 378 Write 220 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 70.2 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 7.9 34% 9.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 56%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 88GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 190 80 83 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 415 Mixed 410 SusWrite 156 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 46.1 152% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 128%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 331GB free Firmware: M6CR061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 267 279 316 299 265 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 429 Write 268 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 290 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 7.8 66% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 20.1 42% 80.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.4% 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	59	60	23.4"	1280 720	VSC0C28 VX2453 Series

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	835x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	754x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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