Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.8% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 19:09
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 481 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.8% Average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 71.9 44% 63.8 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 54.4 47% 58.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 225 213 214 223 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 476 Mixed 370 SusWrite 244 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.4 202% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 359 264% 347 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 121GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 454 414 433 466 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 481 Mixed 406 SusWrite 438 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.5 216% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 314 248% 344 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 14GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 472 Mixed 379 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.5 207% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 292 233% 324 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	842x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	763x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	353x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

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	69x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16