Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '21 at 13:04
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 447 51% 400 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 107 Reflection 124 Parallax 113 87% 115 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 115 Splatting 0.2 49% 67.6 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 181 188 170 153 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 395 Mixed 434 SusWrite 197 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 59.9 184% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 251 209% 300 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 282 298 293 297 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 472 Mixed 311 SusWrite 296 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 47.2 159% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 226 194% 289 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 518GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 88 80 87 88 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 70.8 Write 78.3 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 86.9 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 356GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 128 130 128 132 131 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 107 Write 121 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 128 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 336% 3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 149GB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 72 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 51.2 Write 73.3 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 73.4 41% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 74%
WD Elements 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 34GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 34 33 35 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	Read 38.2 Write 35.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 33.8 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 8.2 720% 9.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 23.5 DQ Mixed 16.4 1,411% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 25.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	512x
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 $79Bench 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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Total price: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16