Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130407
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 20:36
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 522 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.6 87% 106 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 99.5 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211222 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 85 65 75 71 69 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 462 Write 184 Mixed 149 SusWrite 81.2 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 34 126% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 114 113% 185 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 866GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 150 150 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 155 Write 158 Mixed 38 SusWrite 152 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10242272 2x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $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