Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.7% 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	107% 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.

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Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	20.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '16 at 23:23
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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 i7-4770-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 520 56% 444 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 3677) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 41.3 28% 36.6 fps	MRender 48.1 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 35.2 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2CW120A3 1TB VH 2 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5425 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8267753505	107% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 500 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 31.1 155% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 30.6 82% 168 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 504GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7858 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13989 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13932 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 39 (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	41.7% Average	Read 76.9 Write 67.9 Mixed 70.3 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.32 113% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%

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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	848x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	764x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	354x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	73x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	70x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369