Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.2% 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	37.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '17 at 19:36
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 457 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 7260) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 27.2 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 32.1 22% 29.9 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 24 Splatting 32.7 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6521789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 26465588479200 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 109 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 47247917085 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6521789 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6521789 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6521789 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11447 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9651 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9651 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5601	37.9% Below average	Read 240 Write 72.6 Mixed 109 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 8.99 76% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 69.1 DQ Mixed 7.64 17% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 62%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 403GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 21 (03) Spinup time 136 132 6191 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8587 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8529 (C2) HDA temperature 125 94 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 88 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 75.3 Mixed 67.7 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 371GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 3184 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2208041 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 37 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 53 4665180182 (C2) HDA temperature 22 47 55834574870 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 19 3184 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 15603616190433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 652885880 (F2) Unknown 100 253 314854613	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 91.1 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.67 115% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 167 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3933 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 23 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 147 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 237GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2521 (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 75 75 11350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 283052 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 184684380180 (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	34.7% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 59.9 Mixed 54.3 44% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-2400 0423 Xtreem-LV-2400 0423 Vulcan-2400 0423 Xtreem-LV-2400 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 26.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z87-A Builds (Compare 2,914 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	757x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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