Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '24 at 12:30
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 91 2-Core 173 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 218 34% 242 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 104 Parallax 115 91% 110 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 96.1 91% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 157 139 127 114 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 411 Write 270 Mixed 166 SusWrite 143 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 24.6 93% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 116 126% 213 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 99%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 21GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 55 54 51 52 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 79.8 Write 143 Mixed 110 SusWrite 57.8 22% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 19.6 68% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 150 121% 170 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 67%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 57 58 61 47 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 72 Write 65.9 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 57.2 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.3% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 63%

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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	144	23.8"	1280 720	NON096B EM24144M

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	842x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	353x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x

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	69x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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