Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 642 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 70.1 68% 78.1 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 74.2 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199331336 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12381302 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2132 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 96 2435283616311 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 614819299356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30331 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 -140737488355300 (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 -66907000522086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12609373567 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14964830165	67.2% Good	Read 125 Write 109 Mixed 75.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 96%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 179 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 423 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.3% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 188 Mixed 35.2 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.38 137% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 416GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 253 223 1116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3210 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3153 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 516501 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (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	47.8% Average	Read 89.4 Write 77 Mixed 7.09 42% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1324 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1293 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 33 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 144 Mixed 113 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16