Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.6% 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	85.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 02:39
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 623 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 40.4 Parallax 55.4 36% 46.5 fps	MRender 55.1 Gravity 50.9 Splatting 38.5 38% 48.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1557 (A6) Unknown 100 100 58 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 281 (A9) Unknown 100 100 341 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 160 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 38 163209478171 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 40805 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15270 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14029 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 452 Write 281 Mixed 356 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 25.6 126% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 66.8 110% 212 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 220GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90576648 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 147050015 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3101 (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 72 47 471400476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 19 90576648 (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 -3959959819446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1877578301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1914741709	63.3% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 105 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 3,061 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 159GB free Firmware: 8909 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 175290 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 55967744 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2143 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 23783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2195 (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 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 30 3470956101666 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 99 16580609 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5439571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 31728 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 402 (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 10871 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 3732299577908 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	29.4% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 51 Mixed 50.4 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 35%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 78GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 150 1233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1664 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 3641 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 88342 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 34 (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 1358 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8713743334 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9709614857 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 68.8 Write 71.6 Mixed 67.6 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% 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 (96^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% 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