Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.6% 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	73.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 07:59
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 422 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.6% Average	Lighting 55.9 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 51.6 46% 60.6 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 59.2 46% 55.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19821 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 117 (B1) Unknown 96 96 46 (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 74 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28387288279	73.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 346 Mixed 350 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 17.3 104% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 17.1 24% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 438GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154697480 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4420356 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 60 386924567 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47184 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 42949672983 (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 -8572754721769 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1743458992 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2251013662	95.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 174 Mixed 163 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 334GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1376 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1279 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1333 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 27 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.6% Good	Read 122 Write 107 Mixed 116 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 189GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 198157978 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 34 (07) Seek error rate 58 40 3127155259409 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2493 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 470941724 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 53 67164276 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.8% Average	Read 70 Write 71.8 Mixed 66.9 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 106GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 78 100492412 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 52 43 7864423510962 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2495 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 390 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 37 487784477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 54 188328648 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 98 37 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 98 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 55.8 Mixed 55.7 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 61%

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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	833x
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	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	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