Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 22:01
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 568 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 32.2 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 29.5 26% 29.7 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 34.4 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 26087632260928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 915 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 457 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4265408 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 457 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 82271 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 59 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 82271 (F2) Unknown 100 100 120288 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3725	77.5% Very good	Read 493 Write 149 Mixed 228 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 21.2 144% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 55.6 71% 126 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 130 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 202503 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 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	50% Above average	Read 87 Write 87.5 Mixed 72.1 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.23 52% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905403-181.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 61%

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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	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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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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