Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% 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	121% 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	24GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 12:09
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 404 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 66.3 61% 72.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 68.7 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 409 415 418 384 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 442 Mixed 431 SusWrite 399 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.7 192% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 294 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 106 74 60 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 470 Write 132 Mixed 132 SusWrite 91.8 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 20.8 124% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 48.6 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 31GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 100 69 81 90 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 68.2 Write 65 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 87.4 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 479GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 146 142 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 85 SusWrite 144 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 4GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2.7 3.7 2.8 3.7 3.6 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.42% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 14 SusWrite 3.1 16% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.42% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ 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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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