Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 415 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 151 Parallax 142 114% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 78 82 91 75 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 332 Write 136 Mixed 111 SusWrite 86.7 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 19.1 73% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 44.4 DQ Mixed 69.2 75% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 562GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 428 460 469 464 464 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 459 Mixed 442 SusWrite 451 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.2 206% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 404GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 97 97 98 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 73.2 Mixed 58 SusWrite 98.5 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 90 97 99 97 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 94.2 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 96.8 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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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	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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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