Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	51.1% 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.

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	8.9 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	Aug 01 '20 at 01:13
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 644 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.7% 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: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3668 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 102 Parallax 102 90% 105 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 85.7 83% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 65 65 51 76 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	51.1% Above average	Read 252 Write 127 Mixed 157 SusWrite 65.6 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 29.7 107% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 72.4 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 88.5 67% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 80%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 60GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 559 444 350 369 381 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 526 Mixed 595 SusWrite 442 129% 574 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 60.1 205% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 212 215% 369 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$39 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 39GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 65 62 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 65.7 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 63.9 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 82GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 120 113 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 118 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.7% 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% 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 42%

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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