Asus Z87-C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	120% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '21 at 16:26
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 631 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$60 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 471 456 340 334 348 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 467 Mixed 438 SusWrite 384 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 57.4 192% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 130%
WD easystore 240GB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 223GB free Firmware: EF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 159 145 138 142 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 446 Write 376 Mixed 318 SusWrite 171 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 16.2 77% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 35.4 49% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 625GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 176 171 164 168 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 145 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 169 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

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	59x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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