Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 21:53
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 258 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 666 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3412 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 347 336 345 343 341 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 406 Mixed 402 SusWrite 351 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 54.5 195% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 349 250% 317 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 151GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 73 74 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 91.7 Write 88.8 Mixed 45 SusWrite 73.8 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 53%
WDC WD10 EURX-63C57Y0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 150GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.8% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 29.3 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 15.2 35% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250G 250GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 64GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 35.5 Write 29.5 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 15.3 37% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 13.2 936% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 18.4 DQ Mixed 15.7 1,213% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-028.A00LF 2x4GB 769 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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