Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 16:14
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 633 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% 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: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 96.5 Parallax 95.9 88% 100 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 83.9 76% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 76 77 85 75 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.3% Good	Read 261 Write 125 Mixed 156 SusWrite 79.4 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 31.2 138% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 83 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 80.9 67% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 80%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 70GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 585 420 365 365 365 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 729 Write 554 Mixed 612 SusWrite 446 131% 585 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 82.4 277% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1,020 677% 809 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 49GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 95 97 93 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 78.3 Write 61.5 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 95.2 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 14GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 123 119 119 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 121 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 121 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-H9 14GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 49%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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