Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	137% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 19:04
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 665 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372B) 2GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 33.9 28% 34.8 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 35.6 Splatting 24.1 26% 32.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 421 421 419 419 422 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 598 Write 474 Mixed 510 SusWrite 418 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 66 226% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 507 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 292 241% 353 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 302%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 232GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 63 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 63.6 Mixed 45.4 SusWrite 63.5 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 901GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 89 Write 91 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 92.1 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 76%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 137 139 139 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 144 Mixed 67 SusWrite 136 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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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