Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.1% 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	99.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 21:26
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 588 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% PwrHis(1787 2305) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 21.3 Reflection 15 Parallax 18.8 17% 18.4 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 20 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 455 139 461 125 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 440 Mixed 306 SusWrite 348 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.7 143% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 67.9 126% 250 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 40GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 76.8 Write 76.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 69 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 69%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 504GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 87 87 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 84.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 86.9 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 99GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 84 85 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 88 Write 85.8 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 84.6 53% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 57%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 32GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 24GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 22 Write 14.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 4.5 17% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.4 158% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1360 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	27.5% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.4 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8.7 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 34%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	509x
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 $80Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16