Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130902
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '22 at 13:52
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 350 45% 342 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 870F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 169 Parallax 180 148% 177 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 160 Splatting 130 130% 164 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 71 79 77 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43% Average	Read 114 Write 81.2 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 68.9 20% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 26.1 96% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 88 71% 100 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 73%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 101GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 286 373 401 415 417 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 332 Write 389 Mixed 326 SusWrite 357 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 44.4 141% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 158 168% 280 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 125%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$165 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1.5TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 300 393 426 441 443 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 418 Mixed 385 SusWrite 378 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 43.5 140% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 10,093 Mixed 80.1 3,638% 5,086 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 83%

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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 2,146 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	515x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	442x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	140x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x
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 i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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