Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 11:34
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 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)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 442 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.58 Parallax 7.5 3% 6.03 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.91 6% 6.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3355 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1263 (B1) Unknown 99 99 46 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7852585637	119% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 491 Mixed 511 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47 172% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 160 171% 283 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 913GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 368 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 12895845528 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2854 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4780 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 11 368 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138839112816670 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4284446102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 387621254	64.6% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 104 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.47 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 20GB free Firmware: CC2H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166491313 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58349677 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4023 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1072 (BD) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 571932706 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 33 166491313 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 134 1069 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -88798448834545 (F1) Unknown 100 253 903744651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2471265589	35.7% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 62.1 Mixed 75.7 51% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.24 55% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 72%

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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 $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