Asus Z87-C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130819
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (55^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)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 562 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 075F) 1.5GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 26.4 20% 29 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 27.7 23% 28.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 54.2 Mixed 49.7 36% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.12 40% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 66%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 449GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 170 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1060 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1050 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 941 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10469 (C2) HDA temperature 110 108 37 (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	52.6% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 93.4 Mixed 91.6 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92256554 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 300462203 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 606076964 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 29 92256554 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107618995554601 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2925200460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3151309101	62.7% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 98.9 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.58 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 147 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4986 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4101 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2204 (C2) HDA temperature 103 87 40 (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	39.6% Below average	Read 71 Write 67.4 Mixed 58.4 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.18 34% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-C - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	197x
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 $295	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