Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '18 at 01:31
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 349 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40 17,642 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: ES2OA60W SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 49 51 50 48 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 55.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 47.4 36% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 46%
Hitachi HCS545050GLA380 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 73GB free Firmware: GM4OA5TD SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 75 75 75 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 75.2 Write 69.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 74 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 9GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 73.7 Write 72 Mixed 45 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 50%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 18GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 81 80 75 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 82.3 Write 81.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 77.9 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 47%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 12GB free Firmware: 3.ADA SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 47 51 49 45 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 43.5 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 46.1 32% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2OZ 1x8GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 35%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,138 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	512x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	439x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16