Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53% 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	112% 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '16 at 16:22
Run Duration	855 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 665 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 60.7 54% 66 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 54.3 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5289 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 922 (B1) Unknown 73 73 559 (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 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74426022555	112% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 412 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 45.1 174% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 98.8 130% 238 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 369GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 177 177 17188126853 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3647 (05) Reallocated sector count 20 20 1615 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2551 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9395 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159413280 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2187 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 141 Write 146 Mixed 121 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 99%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 500GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 88.3 Mixed 81.4 110% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 42%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	6.15% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 5.03 Mixed 7.65 12% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.68 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.15% Great: 13%
Generic Mass Storage 4GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 4.35 Mixed 6.39 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 1.1 98% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 9%
Kingston DT 101 G2 4GB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.27% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 5.38 Mixed 7.11 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.57 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 29% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 6%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 4GB-$15 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 6.51 Mixed 10.1 14% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.13 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.03 28% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 7%

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)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-C - $256

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16