Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	81.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 12:53
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (59^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 569 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2883) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 64.9 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 80 53% 69.4 fps	Gravity 70 Splatting 49.2 51% 59.6 fps
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1762 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 449 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 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 99 99 159 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4644818239	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 405 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 44.2 174% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 102 126% 224 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7214 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1167 (B1) Unknown 95 95 49 (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 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31900766344	81.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 339 Mixed 346 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 22.5 130% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 22.5 28% 48.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 126%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 44GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 2487357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -99308233805380 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2103 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 155 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2487357 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2487357 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2487357 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5286 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3592 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3592 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5828	51.1% Above average	Read 195 Write 106 Mixed 152 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 11.6 112% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 35.4 49% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 61%
Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 64GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 19GB free, PID 16a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 114 Write 14.7 Mixed 19.1 43% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.91 69% 3.68 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 26%
Multi Flash Reader 8GB 2,367 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	9.39% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 16.8 Mixed 14.8 21% 17 MB/s	4K Read 3.15 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.56 55% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.39% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 109%

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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