Asus Z87-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87-C  (all builds)
Memory16.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130626
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 09 '19 at 04:12
Run Duration241 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 22%
Watch Gameplay: 1060-3GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 103
2-Core 187
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 562
55% 448 Pts
64-Core 544
34% 544 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 417.35
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
9.67% Terrible
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 48.8
Parallax 22
0% 23.6 fps
MRender 22.7
Gravity 60.3
Splatting 23.8
28% 35.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 9.67%
Great: 56%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Fujitsu SSD256GB 256GB
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 147 142 132 134 136 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Read 385
Write 275
Mixed 276
SusWrite 142
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 82.2
4K Mixed 34.9
136% 49.4 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 147
139% 218 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 89%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107
203GB free
Firmware: 01.01L01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 141 140 141 146 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Read 146
Write 141
Mixed 95.2
SusWrite 141
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1
215% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 85%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB
61GB free, PID 0740
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 42 43 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
20.4% Poor
Read 39.8
Write 39.5
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 42.5
51% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 20.4%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 3x8GB
3 of 4 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32% Below average
MC Read 11.3
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 8.5
29% 10.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 10.1
SC Mixed 10
28% 9.9 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 32%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-C Builds (Compare 783 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: 85% - Excellent Total price: $433
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