Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.7% 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	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 04:37
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 211 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 584 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 375.57 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Lighting 57 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 63.7 46% 56 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 47.4 47% 59.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14646 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2016 (B1) Unknown 75 75 294 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51686433979	77.7% Very good	Read 461 Write 274 Mixed 302 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 21.5 116% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 25.2 61% 133 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1567 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 406 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7967 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 116 Write 99.6 Mixed 110 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 49GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 97 182286459 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 238784290 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2064 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 159 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 488374301 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 57 156193504 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.9% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 61.6 Mixed 56.5 44% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 44%
WD WD3200BEVS-16VAT0 320GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 154 151 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1138 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13530 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.8% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 59.5 Mixed 69.9 48% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 37%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1100 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 43804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1835 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8260 (C2) HDA temperature 121 97 29 (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	49.7% Average	Read 95.4 Write 77.3 Mixed 89.5 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.57 135% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 071A 320GB 467 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 169GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 33.8 Mixed 16.1 35% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.33 59% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-RD 4x4GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 18.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 102%

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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	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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	102x
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	71x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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