Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	64.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130407
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 615 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 84%

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: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 113 95% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11550 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6454 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 61 61 1195 (AE) Unknown 100 100 174 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 54 197568495643 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 61 61 39 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 45079567144 (F7) Unknown 100 100 23489625 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3637213288	64.8% Good	Read 490 Write 136 Mixed 134 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 21 99% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 36 61% 122 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 77%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 438 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 434 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 177 Mixed 125 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.51 154% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 570GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72965686 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 241947222 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7462 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 86 17185964126 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454098971 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 26 72965686 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25924422641055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 227490401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2085560241	43.8% Average	Read 84.3 Write 68.1 Mixed 41.4 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.44 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 68%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 161GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 8083 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1021 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18757 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41% Average	Read 73.3 Write 68.9 Mixed 47.6 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.26 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 96%
ST332082 0AS 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 212GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.2% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 28 Mixed 18.6 32% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.39 62% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 86%

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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	440x
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 $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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16