Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	128% 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	148% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 17:43
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 161 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 377 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 191 Parallax 174 146% 181 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 447 547 560 566 553 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 667 Write 570 Mixed 416 SusWrite 518 122% 543 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 54.6 188% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 744 545% 713 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 274 279 278 279 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 293 Mixed 394 SusWrite 284 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 51.8 181% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 235 210% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 555GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 136 137 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 141 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 135 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 4 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 2 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 3.4 7% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 15.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 751 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	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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $913

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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