Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.2% 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	78.5% 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 (38%). 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '19 at 23:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$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 (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 486 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 60.2 40% 47.1 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 49.1 Splatting 39.6 33% 39.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 147 151 150 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 415 Write 168 Mixed 216 SusWrite 149 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 35.5 147% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 126 110% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 136 177 177 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 400 Mixed 365 SusWrite 212 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.5 158% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 208 193% 296 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 203 207 206 207 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 151 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 204 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
USB Flash Drive 16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5598 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 3.7 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 6 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.2 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 110% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 64%

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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	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