Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% 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)
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

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 11:59
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 403 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 57.1 Parallax 77.6 53% 66.6 fps	MRender 52.1 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 68.1 48% 56.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6107 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1243 (B1) Unknown 96 96 79 (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 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20508949378
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 206GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136175128 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51700986 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1245 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 76 12885098901 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 571867166 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 103085 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1381 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55349243540152 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13051147999 (F2) Unknown 100 253 349034402213	76.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 159 108% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 8GB 4,031 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 24.8 Write 7.59 Mixed 11.2 16% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.88 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 1.46 136% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 2x4GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

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 $129Bench 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