Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	114% 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	85.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 00:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 81.3 2-Core 112 57% 89.9 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 279 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 153 Parallax 134 126% 147 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 19 31 56 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 383 Write 373 Mixed 282 SusWrite 34.4 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.8 169% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 238 207% 307 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 192GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 151 152 149 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 141 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 150 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,921 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 25GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 18.3 Write 11.8 Mixed 9.7 16% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.2 82% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.9 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	836x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	754x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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