Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 21:35
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 104 2-Core 224 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 574 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.1% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 37.1 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 51.5 40% 49.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 328 267 222 244 222 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 418 Write 316 Mixed 326 SusWrite 266 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 34.8 124% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 296 219% 292 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 30 35 34 32 33 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.4% Below average	Read 176 Write 50.8 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 33.9 17% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 20.9 74% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 49 DQ Mixed 46.9 65% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 119GB free Firmware: JP2OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 66 SusWrite 129 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 41%

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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 $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 $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