Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.9% 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	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 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 16:16
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 473 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 39.9 38% 43.6 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36.7 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 653GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 132 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1113 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 989 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 28 2771 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.2% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 115 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 183 3708 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2879 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 101873 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	49.3% Average	Read 92.4 Write 79.3 Mixed 84.2 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-668.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-668.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 64%

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

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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	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	760x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16