Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.1% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 10:26
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 418 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 28 19% 26.9 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 31.5 22% 26 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5670040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -47906065216536 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1322 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 737 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 48 68722622488 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 68722622488 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5670040 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5670040 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5670040 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6139 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3802 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3802 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5164 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4718629	55.1% Above average	Read 419 Write 114 Mixed 158 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 13.2 93% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 90.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29.8 43% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2060 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40489 (C2) HDA temperature 126 108 24 (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	73.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 128 Mixed 130 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.2 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 380GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2807 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2642 (C2) HDA temperature 127 107 23 (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	73% Very good	Read 131 Write 123 Mixed 128 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 86%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 13GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 44 (03) Spinup time 177 176 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1062 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5912 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 504 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5912 (C2) HDA temperature 118 88 25 (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	30.5% Below average	Read 53.1 Write 52.6 Mixed 59.9 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-009.A00LF Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 9905471-009.A00LF Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $46

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