Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	113% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140102
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '22 at 09:18
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 558 61% 483 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gainward(10B0 11C0) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 21.5 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 30.1 18% 25.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 270 251 240 241 237 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 481 Mixed 446 SusWrite 264 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 57.7 192% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 13GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 107 107 102 101 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44% Average	Read 246 Write 112 Mixed 134 SusWrite 106 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 24.1 81% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 80.9 DQ Write 31.3 DQ Mixed 30.1 29% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 77%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 349GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 87 92 81 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 58.5 Write 63.2 Mixed 77 SusWrite 80.5 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

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

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Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,133 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	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 $90Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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