Asus Z87-C

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-C (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '23 at 05:59
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 188 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 491 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 78%

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. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	2.9% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 6.1 3% 3.73 fps	MRender 4.3 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.7 3% 3.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.9% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 93 79 75 70 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 419 Write 259 Mixed 277 SusWrite 90.5 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 20.8 83% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 132 103% 146 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 91%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$103 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 107GB free Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 468 499 437 395 378 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 694 Write 547 Mixed 554 SusWrite 444 126% 559 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 40.9 154% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 735 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 175 188% 333 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 372%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 210GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 265 286 260 236 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 401 Write 375 Mixed 354 SusWrite 256 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 24.5 85% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 112 106% 173 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 640GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 131 133 131 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 100 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 132 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 83%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68AX9N0 3TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 380GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 110 112 113 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 129 Write 121 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 113 148% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2OZ 4x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 60%

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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	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 $75Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16