Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 10:49
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 597 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 96.8 Parallax 89.4 88% 97.9 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 83.6 76% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 66 74 64 73 67 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.7% Above average	Read 226 Write 126 Mixed 158 SusWrite 70 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 26 119% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 83.2 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 95.9 75% 102 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 80%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 52GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 391 440 430 429 422 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 602 Write 505 Mixed 509 SusWrite 393 113% 502 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 76.3 244% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 986 660% 795 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 302%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-H9 14GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%

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

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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	240x
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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16