Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	29.9% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 07:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49% Average	Memory 80.8 1-Core 26.2 2-Core 46.7 38% 51.2 Pts	4-Core 96 8-Core 231 19% 164 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 29 Parallax 43.1 26% 34.8 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 32.6 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 74 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 69 Write 68.8 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 72.2 15% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 18.6 59% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 86.6 66% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 262GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 84 82 83 86 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 76.8 Write 69.3 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 85.8 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 63%

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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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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) $35	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