Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.4% 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	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130507
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 389 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.301.1001.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 30 Parallax 50.7 33% 40.2 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 37.5 29% 35 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2522 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 22 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 49 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2463415509	113% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 403 Mixed 411 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.7 182% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 41.4 98% 207 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 184 7591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 433 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 420 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 129 Mixed 120 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 100%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC42 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96117480 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 880888 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 723058726 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 85899345958 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 148 Mixed 136 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 621GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 158 6958 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 63786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3176 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 74.8 Write 73.9 Mixed 44.6 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1624 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 63%

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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 $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	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 $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