Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	125% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '21 at 22:12
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 660 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 87% 110 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 108 Splatting 102 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 374 289 48 59 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 704 Write 164 Mixed 584 SusWrite 150 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 44.6 198% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 430 376% 565 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 252%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 86GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 237 183 4.1 22 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 453 Write 382 Mixed 285 SusWrite 148 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 14.9 74% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 30.1 42% 78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 323GB free Firmware: JKAOA10D SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 121 122 121 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 45.2 Write 110 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 120 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 39: 2R 6G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
39%	59%	32	311	238	144	27"	2048 1152	AUS2722 VG27A

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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 $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