Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '19 at 17:58
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 476 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 7266) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.79% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 20.9 9% 14.7 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 15 Splatting 9.52 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.79% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 438 425 439 442 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 421 Mixed 410 SusWrite 435 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.9 176% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 292 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 293 292 292 294 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 468 Write 294 Mixed 279 SusWrite 293 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 31.9 133% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 183 164% 247 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 107 108 106 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 109 SusWrite 105 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 76%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 82GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 60 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 54 Write 55.7 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 58.9 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 120GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 15 46 19 0.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 47.8 Write 11.7 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 19.6 19% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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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) $35	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