Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	110% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '22 at 22:16
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 504 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6797) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 193 Parallax 188 146% 187 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 188 Splatting 128 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 213 203 192 200 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 475 Mixed 387 SusWrite 227 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.4 194% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Asmt ASM236X NVME 128GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 119GB free Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 146 218 220 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 2.5 Write 370 Mixed 343 SusWrite 199 53% 229 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 26.9 90% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 28.2 DQ Mixed 157 100% 116 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 123%
Micron Crucial X6 SSD 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: PMAP SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 15 14 14 14 15 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	1.86% Terrible	Read 14 Write 14.5 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 14.9 3% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 1% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 1.86% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 72GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 57 56 58 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 69 Write 60.9 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 52.9 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 109%
Sony QD-G64F 61GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 56GB free, PID 0c55 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 192 186 188 189 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	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 $40	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