Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 18:09
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 455 55% 421 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3606) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 39.9 Reflection 39 Parallax 51.2 32% 43.4 fps	Gravity 48.1 Splatting 36.3 37% 42.2 fps
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 605GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44840128 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 259000575 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 47245819924 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 45 824508456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2439 (C2) HDA temperature 40 55 77309411368 (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 62152471747680 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54048342906 (F2) Unknown 100 253 471714065058	65.2% Good	Read 83.5 Write 143 Mixed 85.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 5.23 4K Mixed 0.43 162% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 143GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39741464 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 50079845 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590262280 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 638910490 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 108885 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 38654705690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 123527554406245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54870627259 (F2) Unknown 100 253 157886002490	97.6% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 150 Mixed 155 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128947391 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 5068287532 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 629 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 773849127 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 47244640295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 25 128947391 (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 134831908351863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 540610749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2289023738	58.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 95.1 Mixed 92.6 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.44 111% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 62%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16