Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 01:49
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 478 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 40.9 34% 38 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 44.3 34% 41.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8831360	108% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 405 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 46.1 166% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 118 131% 221 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 91439854637322 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3711 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3555 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 11221981 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3555 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 299946 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 299946 (F2) Unknown 100 100 397005 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10641	65.6% Good	Read 498 Write 127 Mixed 195 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 12.8 113% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 12 42% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2614616 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2132 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 72 471138332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 90194313244 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121706488266752 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2971473 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1812685	98.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 175 Mixed 156 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 114%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 441GB free Firmware: SC42 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177616464 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62571648 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2968 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 26 26 74 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 54 54 46 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3432 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 56 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 56 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 98.6 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.14 67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.5 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 27.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

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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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Value: 97% - Outstanding

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