Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131213
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateSep 26 '19 at 03:02
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 89.3
1-Core 110
2-Core 214
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 387
54% 399 Pts
64-Core 401
25% 401 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
60.2% Good
Lighting 76.1
Reflection 78
Parallax 67.5
62% 73.9 fps
MRender 69.9
Gravity 69.3
Splatting 68.5
57% 69.2 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
366GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 78 88 90 91 94 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
67.1% Good
Read 146
Write 141
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 87.7
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 126 134 134 132 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
67.6% Good
Read 106
Write 125
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 129
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-2133C10-4GXM 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-2133C10-4GXM 24GB
1600, 2133, 1600, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
52.1% Above average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 16.1
51% 17.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 15.9
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,929 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $627
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