Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.9% 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	79.1% 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 07:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 70.5 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 176 64% 112 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 308 40% 303 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1296 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 40.5 24% 34.1 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 32.2 25% 30 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 95 51 37 34 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 401 Write 320 Mixed 362 SusWrite 85.5 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 41.8 138% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 328 248% 334 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 46GB free Firmware: 0362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 117 118 115 119 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 243 Write 122 Mixed 136 SusWrite 116 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 19.1 67% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 37.8 46% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 48%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 157GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 93 93 94 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 71.2 Write 73.5 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 91.5 48% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 59%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 340GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 81 81 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 99.7 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 79.8 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 65%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 846GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 173 174 171 179 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 171 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2400C11Y2R 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.4% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 83%

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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%

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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	833x
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	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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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