Asus Z87-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
ProcessorWith 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z87-C  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130507
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '20 at 02:16
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 89.2
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 163
70% 117 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 463
49% 391 Pts
64-Core 507
31% 507 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 167
Parallax 185
131% 171 fps
MRender 195
Gravity 153
Splatting 107
119% 152 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 122%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 148 51 78 79 111 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
45.6% Average
Read 203
Write 48
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 94.8
23% 105 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 44.6
4K Mixed 18.8
74% 26.8 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 68.3
DQ Mixed 53.8
79% 156 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 45.6%
Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
987GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 116 115 114 116 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
64.6% Good
Read 110
Write 115
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 114
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 24 22 32 33 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-039.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.9% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 19.3
MC Mixed 16.4
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 14.8
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-C Builds (Compare 782 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z87-C - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $437
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