Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$42 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 89 2-Core 146 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 273 36% 270 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% EVGA(3842 2712) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 4.41 4% 4.45 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.91 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25665 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1157 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (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 45 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16625840634	81.4% Excellent	Read 495 Write 231 Mixed 356 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 25.8 130% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 73.3 90% 162 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18491 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1142 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14545017533	103% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 42.7 159% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 89.7 99% 169 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 395GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2509 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3307 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8482 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504773145 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1536 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 27 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 122646	55.9% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 100 Mixed 94.2 73% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 271GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 147 5475 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10089 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 4 4 70559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1456 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 38 (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	43.5% Average	Read 79.5 Write 71.3 Mixed 72.5 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.49 134% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 69%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 124GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 101GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 94.6 133% 104 MB/s	4K Read 6.12 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.98 67% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 42%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 30GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 133 Write 6.85 Mixed 9.15 38% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.36 68% 4.01 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1360 MHz Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 64%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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