Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 07:33
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 416 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 56.7 39% 49 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 40.9 40% 50.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 136545601186472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4813731 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 138109 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 72 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 138109 (F2) Unknown 100 100 358788 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8287	70.6% Very good	Read 509 Write 165 Mixed 216 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 15.2 111% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 52.3 75% 141 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 100 1340 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2800 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2266 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2318 (A9) Unknown 100 100 18 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1621 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 231928234025 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 76 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 240910 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4505 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20955	65.3% Good	Read 495 Write 206 Mixed 185 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 3.79 93% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 23.6 57% 120 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 78%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 50GB free Firmware: 3.ADJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 191586047 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 581319079 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2628 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 453967899 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 45 1974777 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.8% Below average	Read 66 Write 69 Mixed 44.8 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 41%
Seagate Portable 1.5TB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1TB free, PID 2332 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 78.6 Write 80.5 Mixed 13.1 68% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.16 33% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 33%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	5.1% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 6.31 Mixed 7.74 11% 10 MB/s	4K Read 5.82 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 22% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.1% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 70%

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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 $133	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