Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	93.1% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 3072 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 17:47
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 229 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 638 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 67.6 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 59.9 55% 64.8 fps	Gravity 62.1 Splatting 53.6 51% 57.8 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6510 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 464 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655391 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4402	93.1% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 460 Mixed 487 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.7 123% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 13.4 61% 142 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 99%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 15GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9746 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 38 266287972392 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3142126065 (F7) Unknown 100 100 98295616 (F8) Unknown 100 100 263138414	74.1% Very good	Read 495 Write 262 Mixed 343 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 22 118% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 40.5 41% 63.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 522GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 802 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 432 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 987 (C2) HDA temperature 103 89 40 (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 21 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 169 Mixed 151 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.27 113% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 108GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 202 (03) Spinup time 187 175 5641 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 75920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1306 (BE) vendor-specific 52 27 48 (C2) HDA temperature 102 77 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 76 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 76 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 36 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 16	11.7% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 3.88 Mixed 6.66 11% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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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	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	749x
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	187x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	67x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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