Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 628 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 60.2 54% 64 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 55.2 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 51 89 76 92 60 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.5% Average	Read 270 Write 107 Mixed 106 SusWrite 77.2 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 11.6 85% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 33.3 51% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 667GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 49 53 91 71 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 118 Write 132 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 75.2 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%

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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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Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 754 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-C - $256

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x
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 $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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16