Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	22% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '22 at 19:24
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 169 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 614 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835D) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 13.1 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 11.6 11% 15.6 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 13.5 13% 16.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 33 33 42 30 45 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22% Poor	Read 188 Write 39.5 Mixed 123 SusWrite 41.8 22% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 14.4 24% 8.07 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 7.8 DQ Mixed 2 19% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 124GB free Firmware: 0A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 78.4 Write 77.7 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 44.1 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 52%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 419GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 142 110 141 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 118 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 137 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/2GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 15 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 15.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $626

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16