Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% 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 Drive	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 15 '20 at 17:29
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 425 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 4527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 86.7 81% 92.4 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 73.8 71% 88.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 122 128 122 124 124 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 319 Write 197 Mixed 185 SusWrite 126 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.9 148% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 132 117% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 213GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 93 81 88 91 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 87 63% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 4x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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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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	835x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	754x
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	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	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 $45	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