Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% 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 DriveThe 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.
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)
Memory4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141105
Uptime1 Days
Run DateNov 19 '18 at 18:19
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 89.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 214
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 568
54% 449 Pts
64-Core 568
35% 568 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB; sapphire
CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 89.5
Parallax 196
102% 137 fps
MRender 88.1
Gravity 132
Splatting 127
96% 116 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 100%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 142 157 165 169 173 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Read 159
Write 158
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 152
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB
50GB free
Firmware: PT05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 73 74 76 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
44.4% Average
Read 80.2
Write 79
Mixed 53.3
SusWrite 74
53% 71.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 44.4%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0702 51264V160K NYA 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
55.2% Above average
MC Read 20.8
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 16.2
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 16.7
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 67.9
59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 55.2%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,132 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: 74% - Very good Total price: $477
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