Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 07:00
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 646 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.6 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 257 268 241 244 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 434 Write 249 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 248 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 12.5 49% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 17.6 15% 21.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 180GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 661 672 664 659 682 680 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 670 Mixed 652 SusWrite 670 151% 671 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.9 223% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 786 575% 750 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 753 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	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 $90Bench 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: $894

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16