Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


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 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 01:44
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 447 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.8% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 53.9 Parallax 41.3 38% 47.3 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 26.3 29% 36.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 86 133 136 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 139 Write 194 Mixed 149 SusWrite 126 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 29.6 131% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 154 127% 181 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 189 190 192 192 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 148 Mixed 85 SusWrite 189 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 903GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 89 Write 69 Mixed 52 SusWrite 93.6 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 66%
Toshiba HDWQ140 4TB 4,700 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: FJ1M SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 45 45 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 169 Write 44.2 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 44.3 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 95 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 93.2 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 93.2 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 70%

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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 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	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