Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 12:46
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 424 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	1.73% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 6.88 0% 4.6 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.87 5% 5.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.73% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3368 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2073 (AA) Unknown 91 91 1838 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 288 (AE) Unknown 98 98 1171 (B7) Unknown 99 99 342 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 41 28 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	47.3% Average	Read 475 Write 305 Mixed 378 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 4.56 4K Mixed 2.88 35% 8.81 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 348GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 22103587 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8679632057 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -125833951836945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 38655439928 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 437190681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1297 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 64424509465 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 18272 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13052405611396 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39385399544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17667322437	61% Good	Read 101 Write 112 Mixed 132 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.11 35% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 513GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165537280 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 48 292077306388 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4361 (B7) Unknown 39 39 61 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 196792 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 146516541468 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46948 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 186 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 41403484736506 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34136947779 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65595875630	74% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 137 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x4GB 3,879 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 35%

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	759x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	346x

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	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16