Asus Z97-C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics89.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus Z97-C  (all builds)
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 07 '17 at 14:53
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Memory 97.5
1-Core 132
2-Core 262
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 696
74% 592 Pts
64-Core 684
42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 94%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1
Performing below potential (76th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
89.5% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 90.1
Parallax 161
88% 120 fps
MRender 89.1
Gravity 115
Splatting 129
93% 111 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
310GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Read 144
Write 145
Mixed 120
102% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.09
4K Write 1.05
4K Mixed 0.27
94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
273GB free
Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
42% Average
Read 62.8
Write 83.4
Mixed 78.6
57% 74.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.4
94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 42%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
MC Read 33
MC Write 32.3
MC Mixed 27.8
89% 31 GB/s
SC Read 20.3
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 27.8
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 48.3
83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 754 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-C - $256

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $894
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