Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.7% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 22:44
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 415 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus EAH6450 96 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 3021) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	1.69% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 2 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 2 Splatting 2 2% 2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.69% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
1TB QLC SATA SSD 1TB 748 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0918A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 316 106 15 18 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 147 Write 372 Mixed 151 SusWrite 129 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 20.4 82% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 41.5 45% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 250GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 715 802 862 832 885 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,298 Write 886 Mixed 941 SusWrite 794 219% 980 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 37.8 153% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1072 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 109 194% 413 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 372%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 1GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 11 11 11 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 39 Write 11 Mixed 16.9 SusWrite 11.3 22% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.8 117% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 64%

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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%

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 $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