Asus Z87-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.7% 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 Drive123% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z87-C  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140527
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 17 '18 at 00:21
Run Duration174 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 132
2-Core 264
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 699
70% 567 Pts
64-Core 696
43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.7% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 137
Parallax 121
93% 124 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 126
Splatting 104
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 294 294 294 299 298 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 465
Mixed 398
SusWrite 310
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 63.7
220% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 353
266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 123%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39
298GB free
Firmware: 01.03E01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 102 102 104 104 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
59.1% Above average
Read 103
Write 101
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 103
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 59.1%
Great: 60%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39
298GB free
Firmware: 01.03E01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 100 100 102 102 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
57.1% Above average
Read 97.4
Write 97.4
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 101
66% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 19.2
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 20.7
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 57.4
70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-C Builds (Compare 782 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87-C - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $437
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HDDRAMUSB
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