Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	108% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 13:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 733 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 88% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1023 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 49 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11421507099	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 403 Mixed 417 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 38.2 161% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 86.9 130% 246 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 117GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387657129 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 248 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 206159872039 (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	56.7% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 98.7 Mixed 105 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 15GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172178896 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14601700 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24719 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 64424509475 (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 -33006823662346 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23355156513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69057950952	56.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.9 Mixed 99.7 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free Firmware: CV27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159224352 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27354430 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 247 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 650 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.6% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 101 Mixed 89.9 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 114%

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 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.4% 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	242x
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	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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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