Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 23:09
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 653 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 188 Parallax 172 140% 177 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 172 Splatting 123 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 260 257 265 265 266 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 448 Mixed 352 SusWrite 276 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.3 193% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 227 205% 311 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 950GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 48 48 48 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 126 Write 108 Mixed 84 SusWrite 48.8 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 111%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 913GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 629GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 48 48 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 110 Write 95 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 48.6 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 109%
USB Flash Drive 32GB 615 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free, PID 5598 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.8 6.8 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 6.7 12% 13 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.6 142% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 15%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.9 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 62%

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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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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	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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