Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	94.2% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 14:07
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 408 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8528) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.7 36% 43.4 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36.8 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8736 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 314 (B1) Unknown 92 92 156 (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 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44066896367	94.2% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 401 Mixed 407 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 26.6 145% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 84.7 86% 133 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 383GB free Firmware: MS1OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 82 (03) Spinup time 136 136 12895846571 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2232 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2869 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2869 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 176094576676 (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	81.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 130 Mixed 162 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.2% 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	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