Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	95.1% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 18:03
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 230 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 648 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

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: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 95% 115 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 139GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 100 100 791 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (64) Unknown 100 100 134592 (65) Unknown 100 100 70752 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 41 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1052 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 100 133145100313 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 227 (EA) Unknown 100 100 170 (F1) Unknown 100 100 181 (F2) Unknown 100 100 316 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 459 Write 252 Mixed 165 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 12.9 85% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 30 64% 134 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 88%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9850 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2408 (B1) Unknown 95 95 59 (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 73 59 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 237 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34747190357	95.1% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 346 Mixed 353 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 27.6 138% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 85.1 118% 221 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 298GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 86362 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 25 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 97 Mixed 93.3 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 84%
Asmedia ASM1053 40GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free Firmware: 0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.2% Poor	Read 40 Write 40.6 Mixed 40.3 30% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 53%

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

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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 $46

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