Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.9% 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	81.3% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	17.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '16 at 23:52
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 427 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% PwrHis(1787 200A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 21.1 19% 19.3 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 17.1 13% 15.2 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2643 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 285 (A9) Unknown 100 100 350 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 161 (AE) Unknown 100 100 291 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 40 171799740450 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1316 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 42234 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17999 (F2) Unknown 253 253 95332 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 400 Write 375 Mixed 369 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 20 112% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 48.7 81% 158 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 417GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208955152 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7637469 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1286 (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 70 62 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 30064771102 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 24 208955152 (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 64033667420995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1382583202 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1560113891	62.3% Good	Read 123 Write 92.7 Mixed 78.8 73% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 409GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5029 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10220 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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	75.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 110 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.46 99% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 164GB free Firmware: CC4B 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 111 99 32392136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21932521 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3295 (B7) Unknown 90 90 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 66 13356040220 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87340 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (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 36013300783610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22108731268222 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -59049911000007	66.4% Good	Read 113 Write 118 Mixed 122 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 112%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 137GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3480 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3467 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 71 336527380 (C2) HDA temperature 75 69 420413465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 61304 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.2% Average	Read 87.7 Write 80 Mixed 82.5 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.43 108% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%
Generic External 1TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 220GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 35.6 Write 38.3 Mixed 36.6 48% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.31 106% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 25%
WDC WD25 00BEKX-00B7WT0 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 202GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.6% Very poor	Read 37 Write 35.5 Mixed 17.4 36% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 320GB 293 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 171GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 29.1 Mixed 10.8 29% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.32 54% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

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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	751x
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	188x

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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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