Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 95 2-Core 182 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 350 44% 332 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 62.2 54% 66.3 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 62 Splatting 60.3 53% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 325GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30871640 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 56 751689231529 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3457 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 4816371743 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 133305 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 -140737488355297 (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 -44646185033917 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46485348413341 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6711292111691	103% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 199 Mixed 124 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228766212 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 894868488 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 29 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454164507 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 29 228766212 (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 -36073430278316 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3964554436 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4114043380	57.3% Above average	Read 114 Write 85.5 Mixed 73.2 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.47 101% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 62%

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

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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	833x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $130Bench 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) $30	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