Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 00:41
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 539 71% 534 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.3 88% 105 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 100 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 192 206 210 205 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 413 Write 182 Mixed 200 SusWrite 198 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 14.6 124% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 77 87% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 78%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 35GB free Firmware: P0510D SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 154 53 53 52 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 268 Mixed 330 SusWrite 103 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 47.2 170% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 219 181% 258 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 91%
Intel SSDSC2BW120A3F 120GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 11GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 142 139 140 139 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 155 Mixed 218 SusWrite 139 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 47.3 187% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 186 141% 192 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 81 81 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50% Average	Read 93.9 Write 84 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 79.8 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 113GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 97 97 95 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 116 Write 96.6 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 96.2 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F 1315 CT51264BA160B.C16F 0215 CMP12GX3M3A1600C9 12GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns

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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	759x
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 $300	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) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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