Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '19 at 02:05
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 220 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 616 56% 469 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 71.1 62% 75.5 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 63.4 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 114 114 115 104 108 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63% Good	Read 246 Write 200 Mixed 234 SusWrite 115 45% 199 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 43.9 113% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 210 156% 208 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 314GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 114 Write 35.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 38.7 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 108%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 403GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 176 Write 29 Mixed 63 SusWrite 35.1 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 24.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	753x
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 $274	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