Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 01:17
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 620 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 62.7 55% 67.4 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 56.7 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB-$206 409 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (AB) Unknown 80 80 35646800 (AE) Unknown 100 100 599 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 307 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12979 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14516 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1718412413	61.8% Good	Read 378 Write 174 Mixed 195 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 12.6 91% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 51.7 84% 165 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 118GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 313078 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 32 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 111 Mixed 105 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%

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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 $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	752x
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	188x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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