Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.9% 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	24.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 04:06
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 713 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 335.23 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 46 35% 42.4 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 37.7 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 59GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 95666101562244 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1307 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 24 37 51542032408 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18803 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18803 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19480 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3123	83.9% Excellent	Read 514 Write 244 Mixed 272 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19.3 134% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 59 89% 167 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 91%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15687 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1800 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 253091 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 15913921 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 880991553 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	24.7% Poor	Read 256 Write 66.1 Mixed 105 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 2.45 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 5.03 18% 7.45 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 28.7 42% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 44%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 6GB free Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7705 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 53 (A9) Unknown 100 100 192 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 141 605591109654 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 30 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1124 (F1) Unknown 253 253 628 (F2) Unknown 253 253 951 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 475 Write 250 Mixed 287 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 26.2 142% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 60.4 94% 176 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 11GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185960890 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 157728305 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1757 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 28 28 72 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 28 185960890 (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 -69965017236116 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3868610544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2201894565	44.2% Average	Read 68.3 Write 85.7 Mixed 35.4 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1459 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3470 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 154619609112 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.7% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 95.5 Mixed 32.9 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%

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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	751x
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	188x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	68x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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