Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 14:57
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 198 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 264 27% 220 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.9% Above average	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 69 Parallax 109 63% 84.8 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 42.3 49% 61.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 87 82 81 79 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 379 Write 128 Mixed 176 SusWrite 83.1 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 30.7 118% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 112 114% 193 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 110%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 71 70 72 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 451 Write 264 Mixed 341 SusWrite 94.5 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 30.2 126% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 194 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 99GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 123 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 87.9 Write 89.4 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 123 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 128GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 151 172 163 171 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 92.7 Write 58.4 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 167 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 158GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 114 114 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 74.7 Write 73.4 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 114 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-153.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-153.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 50%

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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%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $94Bench 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 $39
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16