Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 78 1-Core 79.5 2-Core 172 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 312 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 112% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 438 Write 405 Mixed 355 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 46.9 166% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 223 205% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 21GB free Firmware: 0G09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 98 93 62 78 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 408 Write 178 Mixed 226 SusWrite 100 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 17.2 104% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 42.2 54% 96.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 448GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 75 76 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 71.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 75.1 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 873GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 154 156 156 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 142 Write 85 Mixed 79 SusWrite 154 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.5% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 84.3 48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	832x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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