Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 16:00
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 715 77% 610 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 80.1 53% 71.6 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 56.9 51% 62.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 853GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10051 (C2) HDA temperature 122 111 25 (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	92.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 150 Mixed 93.9 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132656312 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 197557184 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 504561693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6691 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 117643449214485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28788809230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32253780880	83.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 142 Mixed 36.1 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 86%

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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	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