Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	104% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	22.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (99^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 652 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 211 Parallax 193 138% 191 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 196 Splatting 137 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 663GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 396 416 417 389 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 430 Mixed 393 SusWrite 394 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 43.1 146% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 306 244% 341 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 230GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 383 238 228 223 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 447 Mixed 300 SusWrite 278 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 45 161% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 208 192% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 168 170 168 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 135 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 168 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 181 183 183 183 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 148 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 180 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1315 ST51264BA1339.16FM 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1315 ST51264BA1339.16FM 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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