Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	16.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 06:34
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 568 56% 461 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.22% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 7.09 3% 6.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.22% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 119 Reflection 151 Parallax 122 97% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 144 100 144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (A6) Unknown 100 100 334 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 452 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 433 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 231928234025 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 14 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37900 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7549 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5745	64.6% Good	Read 485 Write 198 Mixed 275 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 3.94 89% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 23.2 66% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 422GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7050 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2692 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2231 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2560 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 47 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 47 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 47	84.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 152 Mixed 143 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.37 135% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 109%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 334GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 165 8175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1418 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3853 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 32 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.6% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 90.6 Mixed 84 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 11GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 116 116 17192714439 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3804 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14023 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14023 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 244813660189 (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 1	64.2% Good	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 98.4 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F8G64CB8HC9N-DI 1311 M2X4G64CB8HG9N-DG 1311 M2F8G64CB8HC9N-DI 1311 M2X4G64CB8HG9N-DG 24GB 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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