Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.9% 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	99.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 02:58
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 533 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 36.5 Parallax 68.9 45% 53.4 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 45.3 37% 44.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 356GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7595 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 24 (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 58 57 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2408976210	111% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 416 Mixed 430 101% 456 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.2 166% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 142 159% 273 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14606 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4214 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 208 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24509792698	99.2% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 350 Mixed 358 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 27.8 148% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 84.1 124% 236 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 33GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 12014 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4941 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6782 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 136 Mixed 125 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.31 111% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 3,851 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 78%

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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	833x
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	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 $184	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