Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	61.7% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 21:00
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 193 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 573 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.4 92% 109 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7122051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 47 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -95554432394478 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2211 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 235 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 30067785762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7122051 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 47 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7122051 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7122051 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6982 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7744 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7744 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9868	61.7% Good	Read 495 Write 130 Mixed 199 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 13.1 109% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 12.6 24% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 556GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896501943 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2344 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3086 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3086 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094117917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	87.3% Excellent	Read 137 Write 168 Mixed 177 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 126GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 87GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	8.84% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 5.68 Mixed 7.48 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.52 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.97 89% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.84% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 DDR3 1866 0215 CML8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 DDR3 1866 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1800, 1400, 1800, 1400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.9% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 60%

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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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16