Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '22 at 22:22
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 198 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 332 43% 323 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 130 Parallax 112 93% 119 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 94 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 172 173 162 152 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 264 Mixed 242 SusWrite 161 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 37.1 136% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 220 181% 265 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 124%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 228GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 68 68 68 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 65.3 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 66.6 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 62%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87-C - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	198x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	150x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	109x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	61x
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	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	24x
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 i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359