Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	11.8 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 20:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 195 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 375 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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 (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 134 Parallax 120 104% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 124 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% 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 498 Write 480 Mixed 343 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55 190% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 227 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 21GB free Firmware: 0G09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 183 187 143 80 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 424 Write 190 Mixed 228 SusWrite 143 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 18 117% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 57.4 90% 176 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 448GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 71 73 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 74.5 Write 74.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 74.9 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 873GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 173 173 175 175 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 111 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 174 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 22.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%

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

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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 $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 $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