Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
ProcessorWith 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics8.89% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-K  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131025
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateJan 02 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 88.2
1-Core 110
2-Core 224
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 576
62% 491 Pts
64-Core 583
36% 583 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
XFX(1682 3230) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
8.89% Terrible
Lighting 11.2
Reflection 12.4
Parallax 20.9
9% 14.8 fps
MRender 6.29
Gravity 15
Splatting 9.7
8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 8.89%
Great: 14%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
689GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 77 91 142 156 133 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Read 163
Write 158
Mixed 95.8
SusWrite 117
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 2400G 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28% Poor
MC Read 9.1
MC Write 9.1
MC Mixed 7.8
25% 8.67 GB/s
SC Read 8.3
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 9.3
25% 8.7 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 28%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-K Builds (Compare 2,133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $412
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