Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.2% 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	106% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 16:15
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 436 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 41 40% 45.6 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 34.6 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A120G 500GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4536 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 574 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19916613424	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 492 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 31.8 162% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 32.2 68% 131 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 120%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1478 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94048 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 29 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 138 Mixed 136 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 82GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 120 117 4966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3623 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2467 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 245619 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (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	54.2% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 89.2 Mixed 66.3 63% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 64%

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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 $127Bench 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