Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.1% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 11:53
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 363 51% 376 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3250) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 29.9 24% 29.2 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 37.3 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 187268536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1956052 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 68 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36618891165618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 601272397 (F2) Unknown 100 253 327932618	106% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 195 Mixed 145 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 5.21 4K Mixed 0.95 240% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
Seagate ST3500410SV 500GB-$31 2,499 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 68247029 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 229597653 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 271 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454623259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 34359738395 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 34 68247029 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.3% Good	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 114 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.64 136% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 500GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120669876 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 57 17259191815 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4902 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 25 120669876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96215857380758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2740317765 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3392170503	68.8% Good	Read 123 Write 117 Mixed 106 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.52 122% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 54GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 42.7 Write 9.94 Mixed 21.5 26% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CM3X2G1600C9DHX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CM3X2G1600C9DHX 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1067, 1600, 1067 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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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	514x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	441x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	140x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16