Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.3% 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	109% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	24 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '23 at 06:50
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 535 55% 443 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 47.2 30% 41.2 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 27.2 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 571GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 431 430 452 453 459 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 453 Mixed 337 SusWrite 442 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40 154% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 294 238% 338 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 849GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2218 2240 2140 1303 1735 1276 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,411 Write 2,173 Mixed 200 SusWrite 1,818 368% 1,651 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 81.2 272% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 573 489% 726 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 372%
Seagate Backup+ BK 2TB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: A905 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 103 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 78.7 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 105 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 64%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 124 123 123 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 106 Write 72.7 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 123 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 171% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 62%

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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	70	58	60	23.8"	1280 720	AOC2402 24G2W1G5

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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	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16