Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	28.8% 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	46.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '15 at 00:09
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 76.3 2-Core 180 57% 128 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 337 41% 314 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 45% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 46.1 29% 38.5 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 38.7 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 470 Series SSD 256GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28280 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1072 (B1) Unknown 91 91 410 (B2) Unknown 73 73 1070 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 32 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66	46.6% Average	Read 243 Write 243 Mixed 188 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 8.96 64% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 9.57 27% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 53%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 100GB free Firmware: 30.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 68 (03) Spinup time 183 180 7816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4963 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2530 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4963 (C2) HDA temperature 120 86 32 (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	42.1% Average	Read 71.9 Write 74.3 Mixed 66.5 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 52%
WDC WD20 EZRX-00DC0B0 2TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 100 Write 98.7 Mixed 80.7 118% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 57%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 861GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 58.7 110% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 44%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 591GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 98.1 Write 93.9 Mixed 13.7 79% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.47 59% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 48%
WDC WD10 EACS-00D6B0 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 166GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30% Poor	Read 59.5 Write 67 Mixed 38.6 70% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.29 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 30%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	847x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	764x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 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 $85Bench 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 $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369

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PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)