Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	48.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	139% 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 49.9 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 130 48% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 293 35% 268 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 3628) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 57.2 Parallax 68.4 49% 62.1 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 68 Splatting 46.8 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 910 Mixed 961 211% 946 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 28.3 140% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 28.7 34% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 445%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 331GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 4816 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10311 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6459 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10309 (C2) HDA temperature 104 96 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0	44.3% Average	Read 79.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 75.3 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 69%
Toshiba MK6459GSX 640GB-$40 254 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 140GB free Firmware: GK003U Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4336 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 14518 (0A) Spinup retry count 188 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 102609 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201863921708 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 237 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 33 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1801 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 358 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.5% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 55.7 Mixed 50.8 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 50%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 79GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 107 7375 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3927 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 170746 (C2) HDA temperature 103 101 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 65 Mixed 68.1 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 90 236017105 (03) Spinup time 95 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 198 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9243367357 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 98 102 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6754 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1348 (BC) Unknown 100 97 34360263215 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 690159657 (C2) HDA temperature 41 45 21474836521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 16 236017105 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	44.6% Average	Read 84.5 Write 70.9 Mixed 66.5 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.44 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 59%
HP RDX 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2.5TB free, PID 0825 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 115 152% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB 783 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 62%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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