Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.66% 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	91.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 11:29
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 437 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 3500) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.66% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.38 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 11.3 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.66% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9409 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2815 (B1) Unknown 98 98 109 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50757570401	91.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 247 Mixed 361 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35.3 143% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 150 150% 244 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 136GB free Firmware: SD11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 101855834 (03) Spinup time 97 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 43552115900 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7501 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 31 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 22013411358 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 23 101855834 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 86.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 65%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2083 (03) Spinup time 182 178 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4475 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 118 118 248274 (C2) HDA temperature 121 89 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	55.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 88.2 Mixed 96 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.26 111% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 84%
Hitachi HUA7250SBSUN500G 0836JGZM0F 500GB 40GB free Firmware: GK6OA90A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 119 119 34387198373 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6078 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2586 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11630 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11630 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864249379 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45% Average	Read 77.3 Write 79.1 Mixed 79.9 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 0.92 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB 704 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 72%

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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	243x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	76x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16