Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.4% 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	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (63%). 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 02:52
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 354 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2320) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 32 Parallax 30.7 20% 29 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 21.5 19% 23.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 217 220 206 216 206 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 391 Write 302 Mixed 195 SusWrite 214 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 39.5 138% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 111 122% 205 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 105%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 926GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 131 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 130 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 924GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 114 Mixed 105 SusWrite 129 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5458-009.A00LF 99U5471-038.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 50%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $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 $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