Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '20 at 22:15
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 304 41% 307 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% HP(103C 372B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 165 Parallax 163 137% 166 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 147 Splatting 111 118% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 119 118 123 108 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 296 Write 122 Mixed 190 SusWrite 116 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 24.3 121% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 131 126% 206 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 89GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 290 339 343 323 286 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 360 Mixed 335 SusWrite 310 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 49.7 174% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 304 236% 325 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 32GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 289 340 343 323 286 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 400 Mixed 396 SusWrite 310 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.4 190% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 345 263% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 133GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 295 338 343 320 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 397 Mixed 384 SusWrite 309 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 24.9 154% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 303 238% 329 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 129%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 193GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 94 98 97 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 95 Write 82.8 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 94.3 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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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	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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	188x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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