Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% 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	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '22 at 19:00
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 179 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 346 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% HP(103C 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 20.8 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 19.8 17% 21.7 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 22 Splatting 15.9 16% 20.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 81 89 84 90 93 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 216 Write 123 Mixed 176 SusWrite 87.9 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 34.9 99% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 93.8 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 102 78% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 702GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 168 168 167 168 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 163 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 166 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA682 250GB 1,787 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 232GB free Firmware: JP1OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 131 131 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 130 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF25672AZ-1G4G1 4x2GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 53%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	835x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	754x
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	102x
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	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 $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