Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.1% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '16 at 19:06
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 189 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 544 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3671) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 58.6 25% 50.1 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 53.3 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 762 Mixed 610 137% 608 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 28.8 125% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 438 DQ Mixed 17.5 92% 200 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 313%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 279GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 195 3075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2881 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2664 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 912 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2881 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 35 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 112 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.74 178% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 142GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26861520 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8066265 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1544 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 262158 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 623050789 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 34359738405 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 14 12 26861520 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82008105569666 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2568944340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2086042583	46.9% Average	Read 85.2 Write 78.2 Mixed 75.2 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.52 103% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600LL Series 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C7 1302 1600LL Series 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C7 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 51%

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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	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