Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 13:30
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 554 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 63.3 53% 64.9 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 55 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB-$206 409 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14419 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1368 (AB) Unknown 80 80 36228432 (AE) Unknown 100 100 992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 266 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 92 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13276 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14046 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3071086208	105% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 488 Mixed 489 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 32.4 138% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 83.3 122% 229 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 81%

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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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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
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	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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