Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.7% 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	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 639 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.7% Average	Lighting 57.8 Reflection 58.8 Parallax 47.9 47% 54.9 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 58 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11353 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 268 (B1) Unknown 98 98 97 (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 58 46 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 16 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61306613256	123% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 500 Mixed 511 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 51.2 198% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 92.9 107% 188 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 220GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7415 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 734614987	123% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 502 Mixed 514 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 46.7 194% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 111 127% 218 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
H/W RAID5 12TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 6TB free Firmware: 0960 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 184 Mixed 101 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.16 55% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 130%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112520232 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12946541688 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 22081110052 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40394 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 -140737488355292 (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 -57518202016475 (F1) Unknown 100 253 77734943480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41657649192	89.3% Excellent	Read 171 Write 141 Mixed 134 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 987GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165610200 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4352242906 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 146031158594 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16175 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 68719476772 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 63900 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54219667130928 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29403506384 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68593625452	67.7% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 99.1 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.4 159% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 186C0 V3 Series 4x8GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 98%

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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	759x
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	206x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16