Asus Z97-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 121%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics152% 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 Drive14.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-C  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 10 '19 at 03:54
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 36%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 121
2-Core 235
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 637
62% 510 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
152% Outstanding
Lighting 204
Reflection 242
Parallax 252
166% 233 fps
MRender 265
Gravity 215
Splatting 142
162% 207 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 152%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 35 46 52 52 54 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
14.3% Very poor
Read 30.2
Write 7.5
Mixed 10.3
SusWrite 42.6
5% 22.6 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 8.3
35% 8.27 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 14.3%
Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
129GB free
Firmware: EXT0CB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 219 207 217 218 218 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Read 256
Write 294
Mixed 312
SusWrite 221
61% 271 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 38.2
145% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 154
156% 247 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
250GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 107 107 106 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Write 131
Mixed 34.5
SusWrite 107
66% 90.7 MB/s
4K Write 5
278% 5 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
59.4% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 18.1
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 19.4
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 750 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: 61% - Good Total price: $913
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