Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130407
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 23:29
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 394 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1313) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.33 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.74 1% 1.69 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19632 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1899 (B1) Unknown 83 83 201 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21647304538	39.9% Below average	Read 314 Write 29.7 Mixed 61.4 29% 135 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 8.2 65% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 36.4 DQ Mixed 23.7 52% 114 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 747GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34956360 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3767 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4635895 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 521273375 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12709 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 60129542175 (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 -19606525705633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1379209680 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1808883328	107% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 171 Mixed 172 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 36.7 Mixed 4.75 31% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 4.98 4K Mixed 0.58 192% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 76%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 583GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 36.3 Mixed 19.7 38% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.18 54% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 4,667 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.7% 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 $109Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	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 $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