Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.1% 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	115% 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 8 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	26.6 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 17:55
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 643 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 68.1 52% 67.4 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 57.1 52% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11354 (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 62 46 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 16 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61338621472	115% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 498 Mixed 511 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 50.5 193% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 98.5 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 34.9 41% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 220GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7416 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 765190449	114% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 501 Mixed 513 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 47.1 191% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 34.4 42% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% 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 (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 185 Mixed 106 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.23 54% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 130%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118897392 (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 12946549879 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18301 (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 65 50 22081110051 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40403 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 -140737488355293 (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 63054414884134 (F1) Unknown 100 253 77744815280 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41662997421	89.4% Excellent	Read 169 Write 143 Mixed 135 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.4% 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 (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179581720 (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 4352285689 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15496 (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 16177 (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 64922725660113 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29412345876 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68597724451	58.2% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 116 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 5.23 4K Mixed 0.43 160% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 (78^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 98%

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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 $127Bench 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	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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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