Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.2% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 413 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 7.19 3% 6.05 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.22 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 91 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65545 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 410	94.2% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 462 Mixed 481 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 14.6 113% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 62.1 114% 224 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 859GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 953 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 940 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 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	101% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 164 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.34 117% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BD160B.M16F 0215 VS2GB1333D4 6GB 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.5% Below average	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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