Asus Z97-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive184% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-C  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 07 '19 at 12:22
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User BHR-User
Background CPU 19%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 129
2-Core 261
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 493
8-Core 518
67% 506 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
77.6% Very good
Lighting 98.4
Reflection 91.2
Parallax 84.2
80% 91.3 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 87
Splatting 78.2
73% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 81%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
886GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 582 653 665 657 665 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 746
Write 653
Mixed 665
SusWrite 582
149% 662 MB/s
4K Read 61.2
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 84.7
276% 95.6 MB/s
DQ Read 776
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 1,061
703% 836 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 184%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.2% Poor
MC Read 9.2
MC Write 9.6
MC Mixed 8.4
26% 9.07 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 9
26% 9.07 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 29.2%
Great: 34%

 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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