Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.3% 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)
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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$127 128,482 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 (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 200 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 402 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Zotac(19DA 3255) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 49.1 32% 41.8 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 46.2 Splatting 34.6 35% 44.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 426 Write 293 Mixed 263 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 41.1 158% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 292 228% 317 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 955GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 162 163 163 165 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 148 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 162 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 829GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 105 117% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 49%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 8.5 8.1 8.1 8.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Read 28 Write 10.8 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 9 17% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% 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 $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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	102x
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	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 $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