Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	188% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 21:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 457 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1208 MHz, MLim: 1900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20% Very poor	Lighting 0.93 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 85.7 1% 49.8 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 81.2 57% 68.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 662 585 630 626 625 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 749 Write 663 Mixed 668 SusWrite 631 153% 678 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 84.6 280% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 1,099 722% 852 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 340%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 204 195 200 201 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 200 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 198 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.6 223% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 26.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 86%

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

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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	239x
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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $913

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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