Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	142% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 12:58
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 231 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 662 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$490 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 210 Parallax 199 185% 212 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 155 Splatting 137 131% 164 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$89 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 610 617 639 628 637 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 633 Mixed 668 SusWrite 620 149% 661 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 56.3 185% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 608 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 291 240% 357 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 442%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 104GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 200 201 199 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 497 Write 199 Mixed 229 SusWrite 199 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 20.5 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 72 75% 122 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 84%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 319GB free Firmware: S3402101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 345 86 109 41 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 460 Write 352 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 159 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 13.6 74% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 41.8 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 24.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	50	16	60	23.5"	1920 1080	PHLC0C0 Philips 247E4

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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	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 $90Bench 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: $894

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16