Asus Z87-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-K (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '20 at 01:18
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 253 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 490 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 94 81% 102 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 98.9 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 134 142 146 147 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 190 Mixed 89 SusWrite 137 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 109%
Maxtor 6V160E0 160GB 1,693 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 33GB free Firmware: VA111900 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 68 69 69 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 72.5 Write 69.7 Mixed 42 SusWrite 69 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 175% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 39%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 263GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 117 118 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 118 Write 102 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 116 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 79%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 427GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 81 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 90.2 Write 91.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 81.9 106% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 29.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

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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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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