Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 04:51
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 234 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 657 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PNY(196E 0995) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 30.6 21% 26.6 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 24.4 24% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 215500 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 176094707738 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 93.9 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47729729 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 145686792 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 96 17180196882 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 555221022 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 30 47729729 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -283467835577 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3446130513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4176646463	57.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.1 Mixed 89 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 68%
Seagate ST98823AS 80GB-$121 641 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 72GB free Firmware: 3.14 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21857860 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1773 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 437583898 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 144243 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 54 166078973 (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	20.5% Poor	Read 35.6 Write 35.5 Mixed 35.3 27% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 52%

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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	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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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