Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.9% 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	101% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '19 at 20:12
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 163 73% 120 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 569 53% 443 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 114 Parallax 120 97% 118 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 102 Splatting 82.1 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 135 102 84 76 77 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 429 Mixed 375 SusWrite 153 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54.2 185% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 242 213% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 314GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 85 85 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48% Average	Read 83.2 Write 85.8 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 83.8 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 21.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

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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	508x
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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $477

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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