Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.4% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 02:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 511 68% 511 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1650 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 71.7 62% 76.1 fps	MRender 85.4 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 65.2 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 336 348 336 350 346 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 452 Write 340 Mixed 238 SusWrite 344 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 12.5 112% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 84.3 101% 173 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 86%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 114 115 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 115 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 77%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	4.97% Terrible	Read 10.1 Write 3.3 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 12.5 11% 8.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.97% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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	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	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 $15	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