Asus Z87-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.6% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 00:55
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 462 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 7.31 Parallax 7.16 3% 6.22 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 8.26 5% 6.12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 5000) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 54.3 35% 43 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 38.6 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94228712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 153074339 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1676 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34250 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (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 -23407571758999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55579682581 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1209566649849	75.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 124 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.13 46% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 112%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 2GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 121 Write 50.3 Mixed 60.4 86% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.69 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%

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

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	837x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	758x
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	189x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16