Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics13.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-K  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141105
Uptime15.1 Days
Run DateDec 04 '21 at 03:53
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 124
2-Core 251
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 501
8-Core 502
67% 502 Pts
64-Core 488
30% 488 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6850
MSI(1462 2441) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
13.7% Very poor
Lighting 18.8
Reflection 21.2
Parallax 18.9
15% 19.6 fps
MRender 14.3
Gravity 13.6
Splatting 11.7
11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.7%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 583ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 143 144 133 129 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
66.1% Good
Read 296
Write 193
Mixed 236
SusWrite 135
48% 215 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 96.3
4K Mixed 31.9
125% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 95.7
93% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
189GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 112 112 110 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
66.1% Good
Read 118
Write 104
Mixed 78.1
SusWrite 111
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 18.8
61% 21.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 19.9
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $412
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HDDRAMUSB
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