Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '24 at 04:58
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 as expected (59^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 186 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 513 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 361C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.8% Poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 45.3 15% 32.3 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 33.8 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 62 60 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 62.9 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 61.7 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 857GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 153 157 157 155 153 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 155 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 156 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 198GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 78.6 Write 75 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 68.1 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,004 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 70%

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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	55	28	60	31.5"	1280 720	GSM75F0 LG TV

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	72x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16