Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics82.8% 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 Drive65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 05 '19 at 13:43
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 128
2-Core 257
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 513
8-Core 508
68% 510 Pts
64-Core 507
31% 507 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 91%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8
Performing below potential (80th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.8% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 109
Parallax 112
88% 110 fps
MRender 93.5
Gravity 97.8
Splatting 81.4
74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 139 147 149 137 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
65.9% Good
Read 467
Write 183
Mixed 223
SusWrite 144
56% 254 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 97.4
4K Mixed 16.2
115% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 28.8
46% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
908GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 142 141 142 142 140 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Read 163
Write 154
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 141
89% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
146% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
419GB free
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 114 111 113 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
59.3% Above average
Read 94
Write 97.3
Mixed 62
SusWrite 113
67% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
63.2% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 20
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 23.3
SC Mixed 19.8
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 61.2
65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,922 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $627
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