Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 11:41
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3-$203 3,014 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 61.2 2-Core 117 53% 84.9 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 385 41% 328 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB; EVGA 06G-P4-1667-KR CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 79.7 78% 86.9 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 72.3 69% 85.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 387 398 407 419 415 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 404 Mixed 312 SusWrite 396 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 32.2 112% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 170 171% 277 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 116%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 466GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 138 139 138 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 136 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 138 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 285GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 116 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 84.8 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 116 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 108 107 113 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 83.3 Write 110 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 109 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 769GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 100 99 99 99 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 162 Write 120 Mixed 35 SusWrite 95.8 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.5 197% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1624 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 12.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 88 46% 88 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 95%

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

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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 $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 $300	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