Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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. 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 96.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 194 79% 133 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 263 37% 275 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2078 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 70.3 64% 77.7 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 74.6 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 104 100 616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1063 (A6) Unknown 100 100 608 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 680 (A9) Unknown 100 100 36 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 640 (AE) Unknown 100 100 584 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 100 261993005106 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 136564 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5670 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8645	71.3% Very good	Read 486 Write 355 Mixed 403 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 4.26 85% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 3.99 49% 107 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 65GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 62 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 78 43 6914 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8455 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11856 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5243282 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 47583 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339216927 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 86 86 7742 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4571 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 7 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8638	38.3% Below average	Read 67 Write 66.2 Mixed 89.9 57% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT2TXRG 2x4GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

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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	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

Total price: $631

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 $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