Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	145% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 28 '19 at 06:49
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 612 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 115% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 139 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% 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: 412 331 401 391 385 381 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 638 Write 526 Mixed 562 SusWrite 383 118% 527 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 64.3 208% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 812 576% 734 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 132GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 198 220 228 226 234 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.6% Good	Read 127 Write 203 Mixed 200 SusWrite 221 43% 188 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 22.6 117% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 65.5 106% 208 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 197 222 227 228 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 289 Mixed 327 SusWrite 221 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 37.3 145% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 230 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 916GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 126 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 129 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 149 150 151 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 98.2 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 149 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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: 182 173 175 176 177 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 182 Mixed 275 SusWrite 176 313% 247 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 192% 5.87 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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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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 $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 $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