Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 03:13
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 192 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 418 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 151 Parallax 153 130% 154 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 110% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,706 Write 6,024 Mixed 6,158 1,405% 6,296 MB/s	4K Read 528 4K Write 348 4K Mixed 92.5 1,103% 323 MB/s	DQ Read 1,365 DQ Write 1,432 DQ Mixed 1,553 1,125% 1,450 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 280GB free Firmware: 1B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 61 61 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 51.2 Write 49.5 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 61.3 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 51%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 190 191 192 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 154 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 190 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.6 309% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
Maxtor OneTouch 300GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 279GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 11 Write 37.2 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 38.5 38% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 19%
Lexar JD FireFly 2GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID a761 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 3 Mixed 4 SusWrite 3.1 6% 5.15 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992124R (997124R) 2x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 24.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

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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	836x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	756x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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