Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 05:13
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$51 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)	79.7% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 383 53% 391 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3759) 2GB CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 22.3 21% 22.5 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 19 18% 22.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8114 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1555 (B1) Unknown 90 90 113 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28769973434	79.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 341 Mixed 340 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 20.7 124% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.2 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 20.7 27% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 219GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24372432 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27962654 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47524 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75466870360415 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14121894507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 168730237222	90.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 136 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 160GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 74GB free Firmware: 3.00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 55 44 83598344 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111352903 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2810 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 43 83598344 (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	28.8% Poor	Read 50.8 Write 49.2 Mixed 47.2 37% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16