Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% 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 Drive	126% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 01:00
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 712 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% 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 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 91% 114 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 676GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 459 412 399 401 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 488 Mixed 387 SusWrite 419 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.4 204% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 265 226% 330 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 142 143 143 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 143 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 184 184 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 128 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 184 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 082A 1TB 606 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 817GB free, PID 082a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 105 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 92.4 Write 94.4 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 104 118% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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 $94Bench 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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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