Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	43.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 57.5 2-Core 100 44% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 320 30% 250 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.8% Average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 84.7 35% 64.9 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 64 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4969 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 254 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 92 92 8017 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5764662937	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 483 Mixed 424 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 45.8 166% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 121 122% 199 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 27GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20695 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1247 (B1) Unknown 98 98 51 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17713565416	80.1% Excellent	Read 505 Write 435 Mixed 392 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 16.7 74% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 66.6 100% 188 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 116%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM01B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37281 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3358 (B1) Unknown 1 1 4123 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 94 94 5877 (EB) Unknown 99 99 301 (F1) Unknown 99 99 95844649979	37.9% Below average	Read 334 Write 168 Mixed 135 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 2.41 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 8.7 28% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 33.4 47% 91.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 76%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 162 (C2) HDA temperature 119 113 31 (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	77.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 126 Mixed 89.6 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 100%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 120 Write 123 Mixed 73.9 132% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.33 38% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 51%
LaCie Rugged THB USB3 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 41GB free, PID 1075 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 38.1 Mixed 17.4 39% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.34 36% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 165%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 7.5 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 68%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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