Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	128% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	13 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	Apr 28 '20 at 06:34
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 210 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 571 61% 485 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 90% 112 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 454 455 465 463 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 475 Mixed 360 SusWrite 452 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.1 206% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 354 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 147 148 147 148 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 350 Mixed 370 SusWrite 179 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.6 195% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 178 181% 294 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 61GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 159 156 152 151 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 416 Mixed 454 SusWrite 185 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 64 216% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% 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	64.9% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18.9 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.9% 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	198x
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	61x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	42x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	20x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $433

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16