Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.7% 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	40.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 15:53
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 167 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 295 35% 270 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 320B) 2GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 36.9 36% 40.5 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 33.3 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7801524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 30176440226948 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3415 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 77 60134588442 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7801524 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7801524 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7801524 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15449 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16930 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16930 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10932	40.6% Average	Read 166 Write 97.2 Mixed 131 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 11.3 84% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 68.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 26.7 36% 65.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$150 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 191GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4079 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4084 (C2) HDA temperature 114 87 36 (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	36% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 62.7 Mixed 60.4 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 1x8GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 60%

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $603

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16