Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.4% 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	99.6% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 500 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 30.5 21% 28 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 32.5 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 304 304 304 306 306 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 316 Mixed 293 SusWrite 304 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 37.1 160% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 248 209% 304 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 366GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 118 120 121 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 118 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Series 2x4GB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 70%

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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 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-C - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	196x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	149x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	42x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	20x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $437

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