Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-K  (all builds)
Memory6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141105
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 12 '18 at 12:22
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 95.9
1-Core 110
2-Core 218
82% 141 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 411
55% 412 Pts
64-Core 406
25% 406 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 149
Parallax 130
117% 141 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 140
Splatting 110
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 525ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 114 118 104 114 105 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Read 404
Write 138
Mixed 182
SusWrite 111
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 95.5
4K Mixed 42.4
154% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 128
101% 140 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB-$30
26GB free
Firmware: BBFOC32P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 29 33 32 33 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
20.9% Poor
Read 40
Write 33.5
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 32.5
24% 32.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 20.9%
Great: 31%
TOSHIBA STOR.E PARTNER 500GB
26GB free, PID b001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 65 65 68 68 68 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
23.4% Poor
Read 53.5
Write 50
Mixed 19.3
SusWrite 65.6
63% 47.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
22% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 23.4%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM3X2G1600C8D 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
64.5% Good
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 20.5
63% 22.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 20
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 54.4
74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 64.5%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,143 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $412
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