Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.6% 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	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 18:47
Run Duration	1459 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 383 48% 365 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 8627) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 36.2 31% 34.4 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 38 Splatting 36.2 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 1.4 194 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 390 Write 275 Mixed 187 SusWrite 51.1 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 21.1 84% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 84.1 DQ Mixed 139 123% 192 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 314GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.5 98 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 96 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 33 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 117GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 94 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 127 Write 140 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 99.9 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 2 376% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 83%

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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%

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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 $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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $412

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