Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	143% 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	112% 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

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 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	12.4 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 20 '22 at 13:43
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 505 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% MSI(1462 5052) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	143% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 239 Parallax 167 160% 201 fps	MRender 233 Gravity 162 Splatting 133 139% 176 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 237 264 292 366 218 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 438 Mixed 392 SusWrite 297 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.8 196% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 147 147 146 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 427 Mixed 375 SusWrite 178 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 51.8 174% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 173 180% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 69GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 315 314 312 315 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 461 Mixed 405 SusWrite 323 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.9 203% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 118% 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 as expected (44^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 22.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.3% 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	197x
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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16