Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '16 at 22:43
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 589 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 55.2 39% 48.3 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 40.3 37% 46.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11289 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1367 (B1) Unknown 89 89 127 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 238 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33594728340	48.7% Average	Read 342 Write 45.1 Mixed 86.8 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 10.8 88% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 25.1 53% 116 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 785GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210187792 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 58 227709093395 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1328 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 4866637857 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 351428 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 -140737488355295 (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 -53502407598662 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34575898140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34336065721	89.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 153 Mixed 139 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX 20GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 61%

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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	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 $300	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