Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.7% 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 Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 00:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 170 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 336 37% 294 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 121 Parallax 97.6 90% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 111 Splatting 97.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 113 106 105 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 340 Write 122 Mixed 174 SusWrite 103 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 17.2 66% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 39.3 DQ Mixed 78.2 77% 130 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 63%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 84GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 284 288 287 286 287 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 425 Write 288 Mixed 223 SusWrite 285 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 26.2 98% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 122 125% 207 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 789GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 101 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 57%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 133 132 133 132 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 118 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 132 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 77%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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