Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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 Drive	79.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130407
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 22:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 545 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 193 Parallax 234 110% 187 fps	MRender 217 Gravity 209 Splatting 133 147% 186 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 119 108 119 97 74 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 400 Write 241 Mixed 277 SusWrite 111 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 41.1 148% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 161 145% 223 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 580GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 387 408 422 438 443 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 463 Mixed 443 SusWrite 414 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 56.1 186% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 351 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 276GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 114 122 129 127 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 179 Write 170 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 118 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 2x8GB 1,300 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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