Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 15:07
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 469 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 51.5 35% 48.4 fps	MRender 49.6 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 36 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 298 302 307 306 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 372 Mixed 290 SusWrite 300 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 42.2 177% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 311 236% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 257GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 121 122 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 35.1 SusWrite 122 71% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.5 209% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 161 161 162 162 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 117 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 162 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.3 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	834x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	753x
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	188x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
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	71x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16