Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	May 21 '21 at 17:29
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 409 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 90.9 83% 97.3 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 79.4 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 331 368 379 381 382 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 446 Mixed 400 SusWrite 342 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 51.6 171% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 290 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 327GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 340 365 376 377 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 448 Mixed 430 SusWrite 342 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 53.3 176% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 295 241% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 590GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 345 371 382 383 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 448 Mixed 394 SusWrite 348 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 52.5 179% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 290 227% 310 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 507GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 131 Write 118 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 104 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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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%

Yacht

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 $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