Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	90.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 16:15
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 204 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 388 44% 344 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.3% 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: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 105% 133 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD2S120SF1200SA2 120GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 111GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 95 94 96 86 90 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.6% Above average	Read 166 Write 118 Mixed 118 SusWrite 91.4 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 29.7 122% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 98.8 79% 111 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 203 198 158 133 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 383 Mixed 239 SusWrite 174 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 38.5 152% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 184 176% 279 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 185GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 65 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 80.8 Write 56.7 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 64.2 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 682GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 92 93 92 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 109 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 93 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 236% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 439GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 148 151 152 152 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 147 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 147 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 837GB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 68 65 69 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 58 Mixed 29 SusWrite 66 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 74%
Seagate USB 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 245GB free, PID a313 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 60 63 61 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 45.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 58.6 66% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 37%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 85%

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Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	512x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	440x
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	141x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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