Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% 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	87.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 21:36
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 650 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8509) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 59.2 50% 62.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 54.7 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20726 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1454 (B1) Unknown 93 93 76 (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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 766 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23260097341	87.8% Excellent	Read 497 Write 341 Mixed 247 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 24.4 131% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 71.7 84% 151 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1129 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1097 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 153568 (C2) HDA temperature 122 111 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 128 Mixed 86.1 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 333GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40215828 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2163 (05) Reallocated sector count 74 74 1087 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 286872614 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1563 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3959134391 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 4866768922 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 -140737488355302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 14 40215828 (C4) Reallocation count 74 74 1087 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 97 Write 86.1 Mixed 32.9 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 109%

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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	832x
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	90x
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 $273	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 $186	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