Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 402 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 7.12 7% 8.37 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 9.63 Splatting 10.3 8% 8.93 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 208GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11346 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5574 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 131 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 57 184683593763 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11460982394 (F7) Unknown 100 100 360950532 (F8) Unknown 100 100 404498015	47.2% Average	Read 261 Write 199 Mixed 225 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 19.2 69% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 28.4 33% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 91%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 70GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2138 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 68 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 54 197569347619 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6368829038 (F7) Unknown 100 100 202991970 (F8) Unknown 100 100 229024395	92.2% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 341 Mixed 410 93% 421 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 35 129% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 71.2 103% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 104%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17375 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8600 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 86 86 424 (AE) Unknown 100 100 281 (B5) Unknown 100 100 29905989866316 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16284 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 86 86 14 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0
Poor: 43% Great: 74%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 418GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 59 5581 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21473 (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 17688 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10891 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 184683986974 (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 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 19 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 21497	73.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.53 133% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 77%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 702GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 39.7 Mixed 17.2 39% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.19 53% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 4x4GB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	508x
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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $477

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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