Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 415 53% 404 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 7.15 Parallax 7 3% 6.06 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 8.26 5% 5.91 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19405213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 137980119365581 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2848 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19405213 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19405213 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19405213 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18580 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19145 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19145 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17998	56.9% Above average	Read 213 Write 152 Mixed 128 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 14.6 108% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 41.7 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 74GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 93964 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.8% Average	Read 85.9 Write 80.2 Mixed 72.9 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 1x8GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1624 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.7% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.4 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.9 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 34%

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

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Typical Z87-C Builds (Compare 782 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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