Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 424 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 43 Parallax 56.3 39% 49 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 39.4 40% 50.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 100 1362 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2823 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2296 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2352 (A9) Unknown 100 100 18 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2329 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1621 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 231928234021 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 244998 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4645 (F2) Unknown 253 253 21148	49.4% Average	Read 499 Write 199 Mixed 173 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 3.95 52% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 24 DQ Mixed 16.3 25% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1 (C2) HDA temperature 119 113 24 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 94.7 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.36 142% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 74GB free Firmware: 3.ADJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 85 94670633 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 582106203 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2651 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 48 386990103 (C2) HDA temperature 23 52 38654705687 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 45 26916386 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.1% Average	Read 70.3 Write 72.8 Mixed 43.1 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 41%
Seagate Portable 1.5TB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1TB free, PID 2332 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 75.1 Write 87.8 Mixed 13 71% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.15 34% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 70%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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	188x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	71x
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 $273	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 $178	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