Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '19 at 03:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 610 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 94.1 57% 74.4 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 77.2 56% 66.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 199 129 150 118 168 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 182 Write 415 Mixed 244 SusWrite 147 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 9.5 32% 9.77 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 81.3 55% 67 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 182%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 422GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 81 71 85 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 77.7 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 26 19 9.7 6 11 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 127 Write 32.2 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 17.4 62% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 70% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD8GX3M2B2133C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMD8GX3M2B2133C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.7% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 15 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16