Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 18:55
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 465 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.2% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 39.1 31% 39.9 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 28.2 28% 35.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 57 25 26 55 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 447 Write 256 Mixed 201 SusWrite 68.1 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 20.1 62% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 25.6 39% 74.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 767GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 168 169 168 167 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 158 Mixed 106 SusWrite 166 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 257% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 171GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 60 60 60 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 50.8 Write 52.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 58.8 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 67%
WD WD80PUZX-64NEAY0 8TB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 169 169 166 168 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 176 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 167 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.4 234% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 2,172 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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