Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 12:39
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 526 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 88% 109 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 100 81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 149 140 145 144 139 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 367 Write 182 Mixed 225 SusWrite 147 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 41.2 133% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 187 138% 182 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 624GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 164 164 163 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 168 Mixed 105 SusWrite 163 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 252GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 102 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 82 Write 107 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 102 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 69%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 59GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 61 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 62.3 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 61.4 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 63%

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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	507x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	437x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	360x

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 $109Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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