Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 21:09
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$51 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 386 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8460) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.93% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.92 Parallax 1.84 2% 2.39 fps	MRender 2.71 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 2.04 2% 2.35 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.93% Great: 2%
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0471) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.07% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.58 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.5 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.25 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.07% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 128 138 132 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 264 Write 199 Mixed 205 SusWrite 118 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 26 110% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 154 108% 134 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 190 191 191 189 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 149 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 190 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 123GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 142 143 143 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 140 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 142 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 28GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

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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 2,139 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	512x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	439x
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	141x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16