Asus Z97-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive166% 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.
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.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-C  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 09 '19 at 13:53
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4440-$128
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 95.2
1-Core 97.5
2-Core 194
76% 129 Pts
4-Core 310
8-Core 339
43% 324 Pts
64-Core 354
22% 354 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 70%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Asus(1043 8534) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.93% Terrible
Lighting 3.87
Reflection 6.81
Parallax 6.66
3% 5.78 fps
MRender 9.67
Gravity 2.33
Splatting 7.74
5% 6.58 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.93%
Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GT 640
EVGA(3842 2641) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
6.74% Terrible
Lighting 7.8
Reflection 7.58
Parallax 8.25
6% 7.88 fps
MRender 6.76
Gravity 10.2
Splatting 10
8% 8.98 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.74%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82
255GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 491 493 461 495 503 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 705
Write 643
Mixed 644
SusWrite 504
140% 624 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 75.8
248% 84.3 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 546
DQ Mixed 535
433% 618 MB/s
Poor: 147%
This bench: 166%
Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
252GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 88 90 86 83 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
48.1% Average
Read 80.5
Write 72
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 86.8
55% 74.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1923 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
70.7% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 23.4
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 19.8
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 56.4
71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 751 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: $898
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