Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-K  (all builds)
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140729
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '18 at 20:11
Run Duration169 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 94.3
1-Core 110
2-Core 216
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 581
62% 494 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 145
Parallax 126
116% 138 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 136
Splatting 108
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 491
Write 120
Mixed 179
57% 264 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 90.5
4K Mixed 14
108% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 24.6
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 12
28% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 73%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB
450GB free
Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62.6% Good
Read 110
Write 108
Mixed 104
81% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 1.76
4K Mixed 0.33
92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 59%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89
366GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
54.1% Above average
Read 98.7
Write 89.9
Mixed 90.8
70% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.31
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.36
81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB
208GB free
Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 95.7
Write 97.6
Mixed 92
72% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.49
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.18
70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
57% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 17
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 15.7
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 58.9
68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 57%
Great: 57%

 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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