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Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.2% 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	93% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '23 at 22:32
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$104 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 528 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22FF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1224 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 28.4 Parallax 36.4 21% 30.3 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 20.7 21% 26.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac 256GB 256GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0823A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 396 400 429 431 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 392 Mixed 391 SusWrite 409 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 25.8 126% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 48.5 102% 205 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 97%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$74 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 764GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 121 111 127 133 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 121 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5040ED58E9W1600 0467 RMR5040ED58E9W1600 0467 RMR5040ED58E9W1600 1311 NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	56	28	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D32 C27F390

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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 $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	874x
Core i5-4670KIntel $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	794x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	366x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	246x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	213x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $77Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	104x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	98x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	90x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	72x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $130
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $389