Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 09:53
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 429 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 91.3 75% 91.2 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 75.7 72% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 526 581 549 551 547 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 599 Write 517 Mixed 560 SusWrite 506 123% 546 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 58.1 222% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 648 DQ Mixed 988 662% 798 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 372%
Samsung STORY Station 3 2TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1TB free, PID 6054 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 110 111 111 110 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 55 Write 24.6 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 111 74% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 1x8GB 4,013 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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