Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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	170% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 23:44
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 642 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 219 Parallax 237 170% 222 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 213 Splatting 142 160% 204 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303224 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 554 258 264 264 264 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 897 Write 1,008 Mixed 839 SusWrite 346 174% 773 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 71.2 245% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 899 DQ Mixed 785 608% 825 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 214%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 84.3 Write 113 Mixed 46 SusWrite 66 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1 163% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 123%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 99 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 123 Write 134 Mixed 26 SusWrite 101 69% 96 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 108%
ASMT 2105 1TB 948 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 73GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 81 88 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 48.2 Write 70 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 87.1 104% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x8GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

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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	241x
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 $90Bench 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: $894

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16