Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '21 at 19:35
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 138 2-Core 262 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 725 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Zotac(19DA 5072) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 4525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 188 Parallax 193 153% 189 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 163 Splatting 137 142% 179 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 67 70 70 77 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 133 Write 90.5 Mixed 100 SusWrite 75.5 22% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 24.5 117% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 98.1 74% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 73%
500GB-PRO-X-SS 500GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 129GB free Firmware: R1115F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 180 129 96 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 649 Mixed 634 SusWrite 146 121% 543 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 49.6 226% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 479 402% 588 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 188%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 542GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 112 112 113 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 98.1 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 112 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GB 6,864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 34: 4R 3G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
34%	25%	48	316	249	165	27"	1920 1080	AUS2787 VG27VQ

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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 $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 $178	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