Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 527 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Lighting 53.9 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 66.8 44% 52.1 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 52 Splatting 43.8 36% 43.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12426606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -78726750535672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 15 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 35 21477130265 (C2) HDA temperature 25 35 21477130265 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12426606 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12426606 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12426606 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963426 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26 (F2) Unknown 0 0 42 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4128798	58.2% Above average	Read 499 Write 179 Mixed 206 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 16.9 77% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 51.9 51% 80.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 146 146 21502034290 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 558 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 558 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176093986848 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 192 Mixed 174 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 68GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71557128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16814077 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 4783341596 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32353 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (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 73156177955104 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5583977603 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9068160455	99.4% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 162 Mixed 152 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 38GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 74 68 8122 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1493 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1798 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 670 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094052384 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 83 83 9420 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1546	50.7% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 96 Mixed 87.9 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.48 126% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 22.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 65%

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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	832x
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	90x
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 $273	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 $186	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