Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.2% 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)
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 15:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 409 52% 396 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1665 MHz, MLim: 1972 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 59.5 56% 65.4 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 64 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1CH162 240GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPGB SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 161 220 217 214 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 466 Write 178 Mixed 193 SusWrite 201 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 19.4 70% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 31.9 DQ Mixed 42.3 41% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 98%
VK000240GWEZB 240GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 157GB free Firmware: HPGB SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 173 255 257 256 256 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 472 Write 252 Mixed 230 SusWrite 242 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 32.5 144% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 205 168% 237 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 780GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 145 168 174 166 168 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 156 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 112%
WDC WD50 00AAKX-75U6AA0 500GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 165GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 36 40 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 39 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 39.6 51% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1836 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	761x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	348x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

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: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16