Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics118% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit, , Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJan 14 '20 at 21:35
Run Duration199 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 112
2-Core 197
79% 134 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 562
63% 497 Pts
64-Core 563
35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 157
Reflection 188
Parallax 174
128% 173 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 159
Splatting 126
110% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 5,249
Write 4,226
Mixed 4,796
1,060% 4757 MB/s
4K Read 372
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 176
883% 242 MB/s
DQ Read 881
DQ Write 565
DQ Mixed 630
495% 692 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
14GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 71 67 67 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
37.7% Below average
Read 64
Write 44.8
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 67.1
41% 55.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
471GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 100 101 101 102 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
59.3% Above average
Read 106
Write 103
Mixed 97.7
SusWrite 100
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65
59GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 48 49 49 48 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
22.9% Poor
Read 31
Write 41.8
Mixed 31
SusWrite 48.5
28% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 22.9%
Great: 57%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 143 150 152 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
86.3% Excellent
Read 153
Write 108
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 148
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
59.6% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 18.8
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 18
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 62.1
64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,895 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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