Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.8% 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	68.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	18.6 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 15:02
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (95^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 400 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 26.9 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 32.5 22% 28.2 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 26.4 24% 30.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11767 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12925927679 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 45 193274839075 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 180391378986 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2858 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10842 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8600 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8723 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.9% Good	Read 486 Write 237 Mixed 266 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 10.6 94% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 32.2 65% 134 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 107%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 103GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 15919 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25899 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 77313212451 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 90 87 1661 (E7) Temperature 80 80 21 (EA) Unknown 100 100 280986 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15820 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4688 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 18750	81.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 452 Mixed 475 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 18.3 108% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 76.1 54% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 103%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3.5TB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 221811640 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 51 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11500773 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (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 62 45 823459878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7659 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 85899345958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 221811640 (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 3874060507274 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8104789815 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10183442944
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 335GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 189 Mixed 105 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 262%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	832x
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	90x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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