Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 22:54
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 412 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% Sapphire(1DA2 E408) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 196 96% 137 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 126 91% 108 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 133 132 98 61 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 449 Write 441 Mixed 280 SusWrite 118 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 50.8 178% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 153 131% 181 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 85GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 343 339 333 323 315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 601 Write 538 Mixed 537 SusWrite 359 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 70 239% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 997 602% 624 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 115 116 117 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 92.7 Write 89.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 117 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 114%
FUJITSU MJA2320BH G2 320GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 74GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 33 34 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 28.2 Mixed 25 SusWrite 33.2 41% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 29 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 24.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $94Bench 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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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