Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.1% 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)
Boot Drive	120% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 10:44
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 626 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 39.4 38% 39.5 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 460 458 469 396 403 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 468 Mixed 442 SusWrite 425 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.1 184% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 292 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 140 Write 108 Mixed 100 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 27.3 120% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 84.9 69% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 151 152 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 151 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 109%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 11GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 65 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 39.8 Mixed 47 SusWrite 66.8 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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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 $75Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16