Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.6% 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	37.2% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 18:00
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (99^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 222 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 310 53% 374 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 35 22% 31 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 31.8 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4GB 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 118 118 202124811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -59468117178965 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 119 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 42952949794 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 202124811 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 202124811 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 202124811 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13592 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11380 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11380 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6369	37.2% Below average	Read 242 Write 69.8 Mixed 107 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 7.93 75% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 68 DQ Mixed 19.5 22% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 356GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 1720 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2308779 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (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 76 53 4799397912 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 30064771096 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 19 1720 (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 -129716602268731 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4077912253 (F2) Unknown 100 253 779079281	58% Above average	Read 99 Write 103 Mixed 78.6 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.66 114% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 186GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4079 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4004 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 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	93.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 160 Mixed 145 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 311GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 98 98 3696 (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 66 66 14978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 292288 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 184684118041 (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	47.6% Average	Read 81.9 Write 84.1 Mixed 79.8 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 50%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 151GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 21 (03) Spinup time 136 132 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8723 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8665 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 88 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.2% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 59.6 Mixed 61.7 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.36 99% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 48%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 185GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.9 Mixed 19.6 42% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

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	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns

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Workstation 50%

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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

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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