Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 17:09
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 584 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 73.6 64% 76.4 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 70 Splatting 70.1 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -93870804300490 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2787 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2766 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 708140 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 708140 (F2) Unknown 100 100 632667 (F9) Unknown 100 100 27720	68.4% Good	Read 502 Write 121 Mixed 173 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.5 121% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 37.5 59% 113 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 80%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 137 9183 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14187 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1775 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 895 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 134643 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 98.1 Mixed 89.9 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229107264 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 210642 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (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 65 61 606273571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 81604378659 (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 137722421313751 (F1) Unknown 100 253 381989498 (F2) Unknown 100 253 516985371	103% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 191 Mixed 127 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.83 223% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 57%

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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 $129Bench 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