Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 17:59
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 571 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1375) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 37 35% 40.1 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 33.3 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 455GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13974445 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146089824 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 588775451 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 15 13974445 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -901943123219 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3013559883 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2457775988	67.9% Good	Read 124 Write 112 Mixed 110 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.62 133% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 126 126 21495284000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1784 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1818 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1818 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214749478949 (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	58.8% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 107 Mixed 106 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 448 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 61%

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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	753x
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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Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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