Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.6% 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)
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 17:18
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 386 48% 368 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 72 Parallax 63.8 57% 68.5 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 57.8 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2118 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 907 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17156224033
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187082752 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 43004179840 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1086 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454098971 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6699 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -72782515793225 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24641841365 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1556648386001	82.2% Excellent	Read 105 Write 180 Mixed 124 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.82 224% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 89 117057930 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 541465867260 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9758 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1480 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295033336 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 28 39008010261 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 97469 (C2) HDA temperature 21 72 -14070312861675 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 40 117057930 (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 -85993835191728 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2705185117 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4184520021 (FE) Unknown 1 1 2165	51.4% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 90.4 Mixed 82.1 65% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 320GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8390 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 521 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4825 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 1 1 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 86 65 235536398 (C2) HDA temperature 79 60 352976917 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43841 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.3% Average	Read 85.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 79.2 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 99.4 Write 91.2 Mixed 64.5 105% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.11 47% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 252GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 38.6 Mixed 38.8 50% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.13 51% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 22 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 71%

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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 $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

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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 $15	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