Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 23:58
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 585 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 63.5 54% 67.3 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 56.9 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BB160G4 160GB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2010355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6802 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 967 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296802941 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 80 336330772 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 633263 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 385 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 633263 (F2) Unknown 100 100 633354	63.3% Good	Read 446 Write 194 Mixed 270 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 13.9 102% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 79.5 65% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 79%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 87GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 965 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2180 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 27 (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	43.7% Average	Read 79.3 Write 72.8 Mixed 73.6 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.47 105% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

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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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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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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	758x
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 $74Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16