Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	90.4% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 17:27
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 658 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 76.3 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 69.3 62% 74.8 fps	Gravity 73 Splatting 75.2 66% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 94 85 74 52 73 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 237 Mixed 255 SusWrite 84.6 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.6 171% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 136 143% 240 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 46GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 455 459 316 88 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 482 Mixed 366 SusWrite 306 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.9 187% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 192 185% 292 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 25GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 111 95 91 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 79 Mixed 85 SusWrite 101 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 936GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 147 147 146 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 146 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 157 152 150 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 115 Write 128 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 154 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 394% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	509x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	438x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	361x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	140x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	63x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	50x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $477

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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