Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.5% 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	90.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 21:41
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 421 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.5% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.5 58% 68.7 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 70.5 56% 68.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 195 228 232 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 250 Mixed 275 SusWrite 209 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.6 166% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 142 138% 220 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 39GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 406 440 443 444 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 470 Mixed 444 SusWrite 427 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.3 185% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 294 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 154 151 154 157 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 147 Mixed 102 SusWrite 153 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 171 169 171 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 101 SusWrite 170 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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

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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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	753x
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 $184	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