Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	83.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 478 59% 453 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 156 Parallax 146 122% 151 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 132 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 125 122 121 112 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 407 Write 213 Mixed 235 SusWrite 121 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.2 166% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 172 136% 189 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 336GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 339 366 414 432 391 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 467 Mixed 424 SusWrite 378 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59 198% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 305 245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 61GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 370 391 381 347 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 484 Mixed 379 SusWrite 348 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67.7 227% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$171 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 813GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 91 89 91 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 89.8 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 71%

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

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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	835x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	754x
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	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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