Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.2% 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	81.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '22 at 19:55
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 140 60% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 441 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 36 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 53 29% 41.6 fps	MRender 47.7 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 37 35% 43.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 241 98 126 333 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 401 Write 109 Mixed 251 SusWrite 238 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 35.9 121% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 151 152% 249 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 857GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 335 403 419 425 422 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 436 Mixed 387 SusWrite 386 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 33.3 121% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 128%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1.5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 680GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 52 51 52 52 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 64.5 Write 47.3 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 51.5 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 429GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 171 172 172 173 172 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 106 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 170 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 109%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	32x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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