Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '23 at 20:02
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 111 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 570 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 178 Parallax 172 135% 172 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 178 Splatting 121 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 294 273 263 278 254 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 458 Mixed 388 SusWrite 290 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 48.8 156% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 92GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 439 444 451 453 454 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 460 Mixed 400 SusWrite 445 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 51.6 168% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1302 1866 CL10 Series KHX1866C10D3/8G 1302 1866 CL10 Series 32GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 69%

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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	144	24"	1280 720	ACR041C Acer XB240H A

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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 $95	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