Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	15.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 58.1 1-Core 83.1 2-Core 160 56% 100 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 325 38% 296 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 98.7 Parallax 84.1 75% 91.5 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 89.4 72% 88.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11841 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1476 (B1) Unknown 95 95 50 (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 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 294 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29052274844	78.2% Very good	Read 492 Write 342 Mixed 345 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 21.7 97% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 22 63% 137 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 80 1552 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 56 56 45193 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 1600 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 296536677 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3126 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 504561690 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 79 79 42787 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45423 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 6 1552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 65 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 65 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73976516739709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 709529545 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2509014586	73.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 125 Mixed 110 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.75 136% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 42GB free Firmware: CR100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7004 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19522 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2504 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 12723978 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 106 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12723978 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 494	29.5% Poor	Read 54.1 Write 48.5 Mixed 59.9 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.29 69% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1360, 1360, 1360, 1360 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 62%

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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