Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.4% 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	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 08:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 172 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 428 47% 369 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 3451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 1769 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.4% Below average	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 39.8 31% 41.7 fps	MRender 23.3 Gravity 48.2 Splatting 46.4 33% 39.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 117 47 51 50 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 365 Write 205 Mixed 248 SusWrite 54.3 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 24.5 94% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 14.9 66% 148 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 96GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 152 146 29 31 60 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.1% Poor	Read 144 Write 98.8 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 108 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 8.3 37% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 13.6 10% 14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 102%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 805GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 113 133 132 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 133 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 119 158 156 167 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 124 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 154 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16