Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 02:55
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 587 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 6.77 Parallax 7.16 3% 6 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.22 5% 6.15 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Digistor 480GB SSD 480GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0821D SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 337 317 332 318 345 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 460 Write 343 Mixed 288 SusWrite 329 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 28.2 122% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 197 168% 245 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 150 150 151 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 141 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 150 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x4GB 5,041 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 i5-13600K $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 $177	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