Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.9% 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	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '22 at 08:37
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 179 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 530 56% 445 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 47.1 Parallax 42 35% 44.1 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.8 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA003R17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 344 343 362 353 81 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 431 Write 393 Mixed 326 SusWrite 288 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 29.2 100% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 213 162% 216 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 97%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 651GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 40 37 37 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 19.9 Mixed 17 SusWrite 36.9 22% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 19 22 22 23 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 29.7 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 22.1 20% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 90%
Seagate ST8000NM0105 8TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6TB free Firmware: G00A SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 19 22 22 23 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 18.4 Write 31.4 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 22.1 19% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 132%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 905GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 199 190 199 205 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 124 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 196 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

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

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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	836x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	755x
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 $80Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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