Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.4% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 02:35
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 361 45% 345 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.1 84% 99.7 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 94.3 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 500 607 619 624 612 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 670 Write 606 Mixed 543 SusWrite 568 134% 597 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 70.6 203% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 910 629% 780 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 372%
WD WD3000HLFS-01G6U0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 931GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 86 86 88 84 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 98 Write 13.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 84.9 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 80%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 68GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 101 100 98 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.7 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 99.7 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 69%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 116 113 104 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 104 Write 116 Mixed 73 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 19GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 13 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Read 30.7 Write 35.3 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 13.1 25% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 20.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 72%

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

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Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 750 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	32x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $913

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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