Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 424 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 6188) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.1% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 5.96 Parallax 4.28 4% 5.08 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 3.52 4% 5.32 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 Pro 51 512GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0308D_H SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 428 438 439 434 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 426 Mixed 387 SusWrite 426 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.9 160% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 100 138% 252 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 139 138 140 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 138 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 138 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 180 180 185 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 112 Write 85.8 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 178 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 133 131 131 139 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 101 Write 121 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 133 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 280% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 90%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 27.7 Mixed 2.7 11% 15.2 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 3,931 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1360 MHz Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 35%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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	188x

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	68x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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