Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.7% 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	94.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 10:30
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 354 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 25.1 15% 20.2 fps	MRender 23.4 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 19.2 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13389 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3017 (B1) Unknown 88 88 138 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31491285364	94.2% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 334 Mixed 324 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 23.5 146% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 65.6 104% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1488 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2285 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 176094248985 (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 200 200 0	94.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 149 Mixed 157 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 152GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242673440 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40386372 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2867 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 58 17600217108 (C2) HDA temperature 20 42 -140737488355308 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 32 242673440 (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 -83751862263984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2978662 (F2) Unknown 100 253 93021582	58.5% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 111 Mixed 98.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.77 117% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 64%

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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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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