Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 12:30
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 424 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 94% 111 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$81 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11292391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -45286135160945 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3674 (0D) Soft read error rate 46 46 -106472227975449 (64) Unknown 0 0 37686 (AA) Unknown 0 0 7808 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 87 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 38 60132032538 (C2) HDA temperature 26 38 60132032538 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11292391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 105 105 86754044411904 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11292391 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11292391 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 30 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28711 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23386 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23386 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22087	55.1% Above average	Read 504 Write 212 Mixed 244 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 14.9 67% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 62.9 DQ Mixed 9.15 17% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6110 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2976 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6102 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 127 Mixed 126 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.25 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 249GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8535 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23197 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 119 Mixed 118 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 129GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 67 67 10640 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4316 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 68 319750163 (C2) HDA temperature 79 67 386859029 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19994 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	47.8% Average	Read 79 Write 87.4 Mixed 83.9 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.48 114% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 72 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7891 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3917 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 61 72 (BC) Unknown 100 63 54 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437583898 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7622 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	56.5% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 99.6 Mixed 96.8 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.32 127% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 109%
WDC WD10 EARS-00Y5B1 1TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 116GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 36.9 Mixed 36.9 48% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.23 52% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 34%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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

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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 $179	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) $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