Asus Z87-K

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.9% 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	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 22:31
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 150 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 310 39% 295 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 42.1 Parallax 37.1 35% 40.6 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 34.8 29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 107 111 110 112 120 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 292 Write 96.5 Mixed 151 SusWrite 108 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 24.7 97% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 146 111% 150 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 175 140 141 137 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 379 Write 361 Mixed 301 SusWrite 155 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 41 136% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 274 208% 280 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 34GB free Firmware: 525ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 112 123 121 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 320 Write 127 Mixed 160 SusWrite 111 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 22.4 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 143 109% 149 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 31GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 119 34 76 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 335 Write 294 Mixed 182 SusWrite 108 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 25.4 76% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 154 149% 236 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 579GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 73 64 75 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 15 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 67.1 30% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 407GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 89 90 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 76.3 Write 89.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 87.1 98% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 4x4GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 13.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 13.2 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 61%

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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%

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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