Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 21:23
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4889 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 91.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 83 83 250 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262152 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 285	73.7% Very good	Read 332 Write 287 Mixed 309 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 10.9 113% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 17.3 78% 173 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 296GB free Firmware: 1118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3841 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 1 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 70 48 505282590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 22690 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	54% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 92.5 Mixed 101 73% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.54 129% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 60%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 218GB free Firmware: 3B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5350 (C2) HDA temperature 107 88 36 (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	56.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 94 Mixed 97.7 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.49 116% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G133381 4x4GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

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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 $179	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