Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.1% 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	86.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 17:19
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 159 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 313 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 34.4 Parallax 41.8 26% 36.2 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 24.1 23% 28.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 263 264 267 267 268 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 420 Write 328 Mixed 309 SusWrite 271 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 37.9 136% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 141 137% 213 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 97%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 64GB 839 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 59GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 60 41 42 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 135 Write 42.5 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 45 62% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2 111% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 35%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 8,520 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 27GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 35 12 13 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 150 Write 39 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 24.6 75% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.1 206% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 18.2 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 64%

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

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	72x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16