Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 19:12
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G1820-$56 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 49% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 87.1 1-Core 78.4 2-Core 145 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 138 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4256 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 3.31 Parallax 2.91 2% 2.77 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1.07 Splatting 3.48 2% 2.64 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD30E12X-00MDLA0 3TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 217 216 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 58 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 29 (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 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7500728227 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4399412120	82.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 136 Mixed 138 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 86%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 9,544 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 185 185 1733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 4 (C2) HDA temperature 113 112 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 18% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 1x4GB 3,328 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	27% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.4 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 29%

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $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 $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