Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 22:11
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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 (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 668 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.1 86% 105 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 97 Splatting 98.6 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 149GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2770250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 92522185507560 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 590 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1020 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2770250 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2770250 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2770250 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17125 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12476 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12476 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19092	58.4% Above average	Read 213 Write 167 Mixed 143 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 12.8 111% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 35.2 67% 133 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 67%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 990 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 381 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2336486279
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 111GB free Firmware: BXV7 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 904 Write 149 Mixed 258 94% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 21.6 170% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 91.1 128% 247 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 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 81 64 115330933 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3861282 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -66653597466178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 555352097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3615 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 64 115330933 (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 -136163348185058 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2157228482 (F2) Unknown 100 253 643461119 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.8% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 54.7 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.52 181% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1959 (C2) HDA temperature 114 87 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 1360 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.7% Very good	Read 147 Write 117 Mixed 124 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.49 129% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 431GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 165 4841 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2318 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133504 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 29 (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 2	43.1% Average	Read 86.7 Write 63.3 Mixed 60.5 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 83GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 88 2674 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1586 (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 1080 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 201863921689 (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 100 100 162 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24891	37.3% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 64.6 Mixed 67.5 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $109Bench 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 $295	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