Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics103% 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 Drive82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131029
Uptime1 Days
Run DateApr 11 '19 at 23:26
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
69.2% Good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 97.8
2-Core 175
69% 118 Pts
4-Core 317
8-Core 442
48% 380 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 159
Parallax 154
105% 148 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 153
Splatting 110
100% 123 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 103%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
641GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 352 382 396 393 396 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Read 453
Write 403
Mixed 335
SusWrite 380
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 55.9
4K Mixed 28.2
94% 34.2 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 236
184% 252 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 125%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
51.1% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 18.6
MC Mixed 16.5
51% 17.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 15.8
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 80.4
50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,899 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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