Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	126% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '20 at 04:24
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 459 54% 419 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2224 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 101 90% 109 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 457 457 457 456 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 398 SusWrite 446 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.9 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 146 146 147 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 477 Mixed 390 SusWrite 179 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53 190% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 177 181% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$36 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 57GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 340 314 314 314 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 478 Mixed 456 SusWrite 324 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 62.2 206% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G9P1 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.7% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 18.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 21.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%

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

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Typical Z87-C Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87-C - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	198x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	150x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	61x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	42x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	24x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	20x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $433

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16