Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	49.6% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 15:34
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (92^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 407 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 64.4 54% 65.5 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 52.6 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 756 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 480 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 813 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2080605291	108% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 404 Mixed 414 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 48.6 179% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 91.8 DQ Mixed 129 111% 170 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 79GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14524 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4962 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 51 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1288 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4569869845167 (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 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 102305 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	68.6% Good	Read 487 Write 188 Mixed 273 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 6.13 101% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 7.51 63% 150 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 72%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11234182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -129931350633784 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1267 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 222 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 40 77312032795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77312032795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11234182 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11234182 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11234182 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5153 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6078 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6078 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10794	49.6% Average	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 115 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 12.5 96% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 39.6 60% 113 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 483GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13082114 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 86313900 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2845 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 80 12886409332 (BD) vendor-specific 45 45 55 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 588644387 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 26 13082114 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 34973918702947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2028386555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3357135188	49.3% Average	Read 81.2 Write 90.8 Mixed 88.6 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.41 76% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 70%
WD WD20EFRX-68EUZN0 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 564GB free Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109175880 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14517486 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4993 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2752 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61320 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 44 109175880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	53.1% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 91.3 Mixed 90.8 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 67%
WD WD20EFRX-68EUZN0 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 252GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 161 4758 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13223 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7133 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205331 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 30 (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	26.7% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 45.1 Mixed 43.8 34% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 67%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 55GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 83.3 Write 19.9 Mixed 22.2 41% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 1.68 150% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 832 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 53%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	849x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	766x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	354x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	88x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	73x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	70x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350