Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.2% 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)
Boot Drive	80.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 11:33
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 492 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.2% Average	Lighting 52.7 Reflection 49.1 Parallax 64.3 43% 55.4 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 47 46% 58.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 69 56 63 63 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 433 Write 270 Mixed 303 SusWrite 84.4 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.4 148% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 112 132% 231 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 131 131 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 494 Write 123 Mixed 136 SusWrite 131 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 21 122% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 50.6 85% 170 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 198 201 189 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 195 Mixed 85 SusWrite 198 122% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 153GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 158 160 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 108 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 172 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 81GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 75 65 39 51 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 42.8 Write 55.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 61.2 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 16GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

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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	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 $80Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

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