Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 14:58
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 101 2-Core 207 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 418 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 59.8 39% 46.5 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 40.1 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8781 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1748 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (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 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14983473408	102% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 484 Mixed 487 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 31.4 165% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 31.7 41% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 412GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204498278 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65704116 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1690 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437059610 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 26 204498278 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 84 Mixed 84.8 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 227GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143101680 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42185364 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1803 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 47782428704 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46930 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 -140737488355296 (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 -12481174958998 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60337532269379 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120434881244640	90% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 155 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

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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 $127Bench 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