Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	12.5 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 18 '22 at 00:43
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 502 53% 426 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% MSI(1462 5052) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	137% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 228 Parallax 164 152% 193 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 157 Splatting 128 137% 174 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 376 243 141 105 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 436 Mixed 344 SusWrite 230 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.6 193% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 146 146 146 146 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 339 Mixed 343 SusWrite 177 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 51.7 176% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 174 181% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 69GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 315 315 315 316 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 456 Mixed 430 SusWrite 325 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 55.5 198% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% 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	64.6% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 18.8 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $275	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