Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140102
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 551 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 3265) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.3% Poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 41.5 25% 33.4 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 32.1 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 28%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 103 Parallax 102 82% 102 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 83.7 71% 86.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free (System drive) Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 136 136 30090461576 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 166 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 171799609377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 167 Mixed 39.5 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.39 144% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207713976 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99294011 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 707 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 370147350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9566 (C2) HDA temperature 22 41 51539607574 (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 -84275848278026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29281384757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22595790710	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 177 Mixed 37.7 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.32 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD WD5000ABYS-01TNA0 500GB-$80 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 20GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 171 170 6425 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5522 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2542 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5528 (C2) HDA temperature 124 107 26 (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	35.9% Below average	Read 66 Write 58.9 Mixed 42.4 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1683 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.5% 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%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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