Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 08:43
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 248 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 679 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 57.3 36% 47.6 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 37.7 38% 48.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1494 (A6) Unknown 100 100 38 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 264 (A9) Unknown 100 100 341 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 147 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 38 163209478169 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1114 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37644 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14147 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13532 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	106% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 440 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 30 153% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 68.2 119% 235 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 265GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88554247 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146780552 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3052 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 454754331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 19 88554247 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74620761773692 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1784893102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1222418398	63.6% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.68 139% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 70%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 3,061 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 186GB free Firmware: 8909 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 19811 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 55967744 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3117 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 23492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2146 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 100 369367187456 (BC) Unknown 253 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 253 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 30 3470838661148 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 99 16580609 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5177423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 30972 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 431423488 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5179 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 3732287977564 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	30.8% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 53.3 Mixed 52.8 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 35%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 150 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 3641 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87636 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 28 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1356 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8709056696 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9708865492 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	41.1% Average	Read 70.9 Write 71.8 Mixed 69.1 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer AP38G1869U2S 2x8GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 62%

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Workstation 50%

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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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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