Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

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	9.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 01:45
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 624 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 96.1 Parallax 87.6 86% 96.3 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 82.7 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 238 Write 125 Mixed 112 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 32.2 122% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 81.7 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 65.6 60% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 80%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 72GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 524 430 432 433 427 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 586 Mixed 621 SusWrite 461 135% 602 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 60.7 205% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 214 217% 370 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$39 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 39GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 55 53 58 61 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 72.2 Write 67.3 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 58.1 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 84GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 111 115 114 107 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 66 SusWrite 113 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-H9 1319 CL11-11-11 D3-1600 14GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 8192, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

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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 756 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	243x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	76x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16