Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors, 1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 22:11
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 172 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 279 34% 260 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4184 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1393 (B1) Unknown 96 96 146 (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 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13700940228	72.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 289 Mixed 344 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 20.5 94% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 13.7 48% 110 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 376GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 91 137342946 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 42 41 84276112550509 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 4 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2007 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 35 672530472 (C2) HDA temperature 40 65 34359738408 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 55 86827057 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	73.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 127 Mixed 115 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 376GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 69 94758516 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2211 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 500 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 928008785497 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2168 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 57572 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 39 215337009187 (C2) HDA temperature 35 61 42949672995 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 46 241676 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	71.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.61 120% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 3x8GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 66%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16