Asus Z97-C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.5% 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 Drive52.9% 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)
Memory10.9 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 31 '20 at 03:10
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th 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)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 107
2-Core 241
83% 148 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 626
67% 532 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 88.1%
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 (100th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 95.9
Parallax 88.7
86% 96.8 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 93
Splatting 80.3
75% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.6.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 79 68 75 72 MB/s
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
52.9% Above average
Read 262
Write 126
Mixed 157
SusWrite 73.3
34% 155 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 57.4
4K Mixed 32
108% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 80.6
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 90.6
69% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 52.9%
Great: 80%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
60GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 570 447 363 377 378 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 746
Write 552
Mixed 611
SusWrite 446
132% 589 MB/s
4K Read 63.6
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 54.5
200% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 778
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 230
225% 377 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 139%
Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$39
39GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 65 63 65 65 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
39.1% Below average
Read 71.7
Write 69.5
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 64.1
54% 72.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 39.1%
Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95
83GB free
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 121 115 121 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
67.2% Good
Read 116
Write 117
Mixed 64.5
SusWrite 118
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 67.2%
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 above expectations (60th percentile)
37% Below average
MC Read 12.5
MC Write 12
MC Mixed 9.9
33% 11.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 12.3
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 56.4
71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 37%
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 756 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: 62% - Good Total price: $898
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