Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 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	Jul 22 '18 at 21:46
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 656 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 61 39% 47.2 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 39.7 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 197 194 201 202 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 464 Write 188 Mixed 190 SusWrite 197 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.1 110% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 79.9 89% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 78%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 68GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 227 238 240 242 242 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.6% Good	Read 255 Write 239 Mixed 221 SusWrite 235 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 33.3 110% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 188 143% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 208 211 210 212 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 204 Mixed 100 SusWrite 210 134% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 280% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 212GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 116 114 115 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 82.3 Write 56 Mixed 66 SusWrite 115 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 114%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 424GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 86 84 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 65.2 Write 67.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 85.4 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 49%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 419GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 54.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 63.4 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.2 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 61%

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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 $127Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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