Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive64.7% 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z87-K  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141105
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 21 '17 at 04:56
Run Duration357 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 98.2
1-Core 134
2-Core 271
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 704
69% 565 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 144
Parallax 122
109% 133 fps
MRender 98.3
Gravity 127
Splatting 108
91% 111 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 102%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
216GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
180% Outstanding
Read 1,330
Write 972
Mixed 1,005
245% 1,102 MB/s
4K Read 52.3
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 39.5
194% 71.3 MB/s
DQ Read 48.4
DQ Write 383
DQ Mixed 205
161% 212 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 180%
Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 480
Write 130
Mixed 197
58% 269 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 15.9
108% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 11.5
44% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 82%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$35
12GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
32.2% Below average
Read 54.9
Write 57
Mixed 56.2
42% 56 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.45
4K Mixed 0.44
98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 32.2%
Great: 42%
SanDisk Cruzer Pop 16GB
6GB free, PID 5577
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
10.7% Very poor
Read 22.2
Write 3.47
Mixed 7.33
11% 11 MB/s
4K Read 6.01
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 1.32
126% 3.02 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 10.7%
Great: 12%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
86.1% Excellent
MC Read 31.2
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 26.8
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 28.1
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 45
89% 45 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 103%

 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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