Asus Z97-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82% 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 Drive56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory14GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-C  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 29 '20 at 00:16
Run Duration175 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 94.4
1-Core 120
2-Core 241
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 629
64% 520 Pts
64-Core 612
38% 612 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 96
Parallax 88.6
85% 96.5 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 89.8
Splatting 83.5
75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.6.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 76 67 64 63 64 MB/s
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
56% Above average
Read 257
Write 96
Mixed 126
SusWrite 66.6
30% 136 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 33
119% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 83.5
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 80.7
68% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 56%
Great: 80%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
84GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 528 569 452 374 380 380 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
140% Outstanding
Read 748
Write 563
Mixed 614
SusWrite 447
133% 593 MB/s
4K Read 64.3
4K Write 60
4K Mixed 57.6
203% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 780
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 238
228% 379 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 140%
Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60
39GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 64 64 65 65 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
39.6% Below average
Read 74
Write 55.7
Mixed 46
SusWrite 63.4
44% 59.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 39.6%
Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95
83GB free
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 116 114 117 119 118 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 116
Write 119
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 116
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-H9 1319 CL11-11-11 D3-1600 14GB
1800, 1800, 1800 MHz
8192, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
48.8% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 13.4
45% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 16.8
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 58.7
68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 48.8%
Great: 42%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 757 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-C - $256

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $880
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