Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, 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.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140729
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 410 48% 369 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2063 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 114 94% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 108 Splatting 102 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 86274058 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -51659866630148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 143 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 55 21478440991 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 21478440991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 86274058 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 86274058 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 86274058 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23871 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21716 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21716 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20603 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196673642
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 449GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 45 (03) Spinup time 178 176 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6841 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4745 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6943 (C2) HDA temperature 108 85 42 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 83.7 Write 77.1 Mixed 74.5 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.42 115% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 168GB free Firmware: 050B Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 36.4 Mixed 34.6 27% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.48 194% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 90GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184821904 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81443757 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 638517284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51339 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 8589934628 (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 -44517336019105 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43715466205 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3898449432349
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
FCR-HS3 -1 64GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 36GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 86.4 Write 51.3 Mixed 44.1 70% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 3.84 4K Mixed 2.42 254% 5.79 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2133C11Y4 2x8GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 22.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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 $76Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	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