Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '20 at 08:32
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 345 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3033) 2GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 37 Parallax 49.2 34% 42.5 fps	MRender 32.1 Gravity 35.7 Splatting 41.1 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 155 148 106 164 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 195 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 136 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 119% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 900GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 209 205 207 208 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 134 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 208 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 1302 1600 CL9 Series 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 21.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

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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 2,134 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	510x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	438x
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	140x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16