Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	May 29 '21 at 02:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 193 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 591 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.3% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 36.6 Parallax 61.4 39% 48.7 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 25.2 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 430 431 436 444 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 452 Mixed 429 SusWrite 432 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 49.6 181% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 294 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 151 150 150 151 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 157 Mixed 96 SusWrite 148 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 649GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 106 104 105 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 132 Write 97.3 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 104 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 25E2 3TB 3,377 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 930GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 36.7 46% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,665 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 76%

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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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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	508x
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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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