Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% 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	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '16 at 17:21
Run Duration	102 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 588 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 44 Parallax 38.8 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36.7 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14436631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -95657511608360 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2427 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 80 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 70 55839162398 (C2) HDA temperature 30 70 55839162398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14436631 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14436631 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14436631 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14583 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9414 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9414 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6291	65.4% Good	Read 458 Write 171 Mixed 199 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 20.1 98% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 52.2 72% 129 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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