Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% 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	158% 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 18:40
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 614 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 765GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 403 400 391 412 413 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 554 Mixed 552 SusWrite 402 122% 542 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 73.7 242% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 809 576% 737 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 132GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 217 220 222 224 223 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 347 Write 320 Mixed 189 SusWrite 220 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 25.3 122% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 64.6 104% 205 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 218 221 223 224 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 461 Mixed 391 SusWrite 221 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.3 184% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 231 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 916GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 130 129 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 129 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 149 149 150 149 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 143 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 148 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%
WD My Book Pro 0110 6TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free, PID 0110 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 172 176 172 176 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 35.7 Write 98.1 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 176 123% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 150% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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