Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.8% 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	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 227 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 546 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 0432) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 29.4 24% 28.8 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 36.6 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6903837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -81784767244599 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2727 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 248 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 53 81607852072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6903837 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6903837 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6903837 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8212 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8188 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8188 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11717	40.1% Average	Read 255 Write 115 Mixed 164 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 12.4 56% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 37.2 55% 103 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 80%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 106GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 141 3775 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7104 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4031 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 507 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6596 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (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	60% Good	Read 111 Write 98.3 Mixed 111 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 168GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 38 (03) Spinup time 142 137 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59832 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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	50.6% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 86.5 Mixed 85 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.B1GET.9KZ0C 2x4GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

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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