Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 21:06
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 662 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2153 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 96% 114 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 16318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3767 (A6) Unknown 100 100 519 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 744 (A9) Unknown 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 613 (AE) Unknown 100 100 564 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 67 287763529769 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5163 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 79959 (F1) Unknown 253 253 38742 (F2) Unknown 253 253 52374 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	79.5% Very good	Read 434 Write 208 Mixed 222 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 22.7 134% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 44.6 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 47GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 178280311 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4081 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 163 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 270730485322 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 90 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2730 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4633 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 29 151014146089 (C2) HDA temperature 41 71 55834574889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 51 37862817 (C5) Current pending sector count 89 87 237 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 89 87 237 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.7% Poor	Read 46 Write 43 Mixed 38.7 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 43%
Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 320GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 44GB free Firmware: FC4OC60D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 213 100 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 15281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5039 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 -4294833986 (BC) Unknown 100 1 2243 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 572391458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 99 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 13435085 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 314041 (C2) HDA temperature 161 100 223338758178 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	35.9% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 62.8 Mixed 50.7 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.3 69% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 45%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 18GB free Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 211 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 24611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 6232 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 393654 (C2) HDA temperature 144 144 257698496550 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	29% Poor	Read 54 Write 47 Mixed 59.4 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.23 54% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1200 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 11.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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