Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '16 at 02:49
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

Watch Gameplay: 480 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 400 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 87 55% 74.6 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 56.2 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80411472 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 114 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4897 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3452 (F9) Unknown 100 100 232594838	94.5% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 412 Mixed 434 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 26 126% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 71.4 121% 234 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 703 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (10) Unknown 1 199 19558669454 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 695 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 152 Mixed 151 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.28 119% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 433GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 156 150 5191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3057 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3035 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3056 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 96 Write 91.2 Mixed 89.2 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,899 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

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	751x
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	188x

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	68x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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