Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.7% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 17:55
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 423 47% 371 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gainward(10B0 1184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.7% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 39 Parallax 45.7 35% 42.4 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 31.7 32% 40.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11050 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2313 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (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 66 47 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30401361922	77.4% Very good	Read 449 Write 249 Mixed 325 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 24.7 110% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 83.9 109% 198 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 289GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 93 178874072 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5291 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1088 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64966855 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62703 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94746978544813 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27937720269 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44499603419	101% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 155 Mixed 170 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78801555 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8721535403 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 24 78801555 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55417962994700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 550918424 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3721056508	39.8% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 71.1 Mixed 85.8 57% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $275	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