Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 18:37
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 106 2-Core 186 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 541 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 40 Parallax 52.7 35% 45.1 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 49.5 Splatting 37.2 38% 47.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 PRO Series 250GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 215 237 233 232 233 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 462 Write 249 Mixed 160 SusWrite 231 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 17.1 79% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 39.7 DQ Mixed 55.3 56% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 107GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 291 291 292 292 292 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 456 Mixed 367 SusWrite 299 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 52.1 176% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 359 258% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 294GB free Firmware: R022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 138 7.4 38 122 7.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 423 Mixed 388 SusWrite 108 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 24.4 123% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 32.7 77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 92%
TOSHIBA STOR.E ALU 2S 2TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 707GB free, PID 0b19 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 93 85 86 91 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 90.9 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 87.6 110% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.3 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 62%

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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	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 $295	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 $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