Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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 Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 16:37
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 704 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 196 Parallax 177 143% 183 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 173 Splatting 128 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 294GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1074 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 541 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 79 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15662961001	112% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 403 Mixed 419 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 51 186% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 103 115% 192 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20004A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 738 Write 392 Mixed 538 123% 556 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 17.6 121% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 22.8 93% 201 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 142%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 98302242 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4025686 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13108240187584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1180 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17733919965064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4715441433 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1124126532	96.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 168 Mixed 130 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 105%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 246 Write 85.8 Mixed 94.2 150% 142 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 4.66 553% 8.64 MB/s	DQ Read 11.9 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 4.98 609% 9.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-C - $256

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	239x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	76x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	33x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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