Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	61.4% 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	21.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 10:35
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 200 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 426 48% 378 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D1) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 37.7 37% 37.9 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.8 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0913A SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 151 151 151 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 452 Write 148 Mixed 200 SusWrite 151 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 25.8 88% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 127 102% 144 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 661GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 166 168 169 170 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 172 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 168 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 149 150 151 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 87.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 149 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 21.8 Mixed 8.5 14% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 2x8GB 847 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	832x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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) $33	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