Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.6% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 13:02
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 586 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 74.9 64% 77.6 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 73.8 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 393218 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 166 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 67 287764316189 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11 (EA) Unknown 100 100 20 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 270 Mixed 256 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 21.2 122% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 45 96% 199 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 44%

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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 $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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