Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 04:59
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 643 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 123 Parallax 106 97% 116 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 110 Splatting 109 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL 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 253 100 11933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3337 (A6) Unknown 100 100 373 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 626 (A9) Unknown 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 512 (AE) Unknown 100 100 455 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 67 287763529765 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4358 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 66865 (F1) Unknown 253 253 34245 (F2) Unknown 253 253 39647 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	62.8% Good	Read 399 Write 227 Mixed 307 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 12.6 107% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 12.2 22% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 320GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 182GB free Firmware: FC4OC60D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 147 100 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 11041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4582 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 -4294833986 (BC) Unknown 100 1 2243 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538968096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 99 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11141290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 226020 (C2) HDA temperature 171 100 223338758176 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	38.7% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 68.9 Mixed 66.6 51% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 45%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 94GB free Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 200 200 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 8491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 19883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 305470 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 257698496543 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	36.7% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 65.1 Mixed 62.5 48% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 45%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 19GB free Firmware: AM0P2C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1285 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 10376 (0A) Spinup retry count 236 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2710 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 28 322610921501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6226015 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 116444 (C2) HDA temperature 71 28 322610921501 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 63.1 Write 77.1 Mixed 83.5 57% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.6% Average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 14.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 46%

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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 $295	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