Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '16 at 14:48
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 401 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25286 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 170 (B1) Unknown 92 92 91 (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 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 217 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35227254892	64.6% Good	Read 500 Write 216 Mixed 145 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 11.7 100% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 98.7 DQ Mixed 11.9 24% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 148 9225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1895 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 36 46363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 222556 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 188 0	62.2% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 100 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 893GB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 108 (03) Spinup time 141 141 30093148716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1706 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 31 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2903 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2903 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 197568954403 (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 15	43.9% Average	Read 74.7 Write 78.4 Mixed 66.3 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 66%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 804GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 7916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9682 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 34 (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	55.2% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 95 Mixed 89.3 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 593GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 198 8883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124732 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 33 (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	51.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 78 Mixed 76.9 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 98%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 494GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 41.9 Write 41.7 Mixed 39.9 53% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.17 43% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%
WDC WD30 EURS-63R8UY0 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 155GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 32.7 Mixed 34 44% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x4GB 5,041 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.3 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	761x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	347x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16