Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '21 at 09:02
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 183 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 347 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) 2GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.11.2 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 20.9 13% 20 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 16 Splatting 17.7 13% 16 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 417 415 391 402 384 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 401 Mixed 334 SusWrite 398 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 43.9 145% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 347 261% 349 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Apacer AS350 512GB 5,144 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free Firmware: T0311A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 32 37 34 30 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 435 Write 176 Mixed 63 SusWrite 37.8 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 1.6 61% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 7.9 DQ Mixed 2.6 17% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 107%
SAMSUNG HM320JI 320GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 11GB free, PID 047a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 34.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 31.6 41% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 17%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 2,761 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 114GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 38 38 39 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 46.2 Write 13.7 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 36.8 33% 27 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2 153% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5471-030.A00LF 99U5471-024.A00LF 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 50%

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

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Typical Z97-C Builds (Compare 754 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	241x
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 $75Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16