Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.4% 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	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 15:43
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 725 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1584 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.4% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 50 Parallax 40.6 35% 44.7 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 56.5 44% 53.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free Firmware: MU05 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17688 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1146 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 78 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 219043332127 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16836565555 (F7) Unknown 100 100 74922927 (F8) Unknown 100 100 702207829	89.5% Excellent	Read 499 Write 265 Mixed 345 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 29.8 136% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 52.3 101% 204 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25557 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1458 (B1) Unknown 88 88 135 (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 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 276 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47796971267	54.1% Above average	Read 398 Write 54.3 Mixed 88 38% 180 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 11.6 90% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 28.9 67% 146 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 260GB free Firmware: MZ4OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 88 (03) Spinup time 126 126 21492924693 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1308 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2438 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 193274511389 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 80.4 Write 107 Mixed 77.8 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 84%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 176GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 80 5535 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1609 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47499 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569478683 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1712	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 114 Mixed 114 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.58 131% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 46.8 86% 46.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	751x
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 $37
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