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Z97-C

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Popular components in PC builds with the Asus Z97-C Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples239x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples172x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples85x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples51x
Core i5-4690Intel  $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples40x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples76x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples49x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples38x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples34x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples33x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples23x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples16x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples15x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples40x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples25x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples12x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 751 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-C - $256

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntelBench 79%, 455,746 samples$348
GPU
GTX 970NvidiaBench 49%, 834,238 samples$200
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsungBench 112%, 695,664 samples$94
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $898

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 751)

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CPU
GPU
SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
CAN-User, 5 months ago.Core i7-4790, RTX 3080 Average UFO - 156 87 130  80  201  211  26  59 $850
GBR-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3090 Very poor UFO - 137 83 110  76  187  168  80  30 $1,748
RUS-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3070 Very good UFO - 133 90 110  88  155  108  -  59 $857
AUS-User, 2 years ago.Core i5-4690, RTX 2080-Ti Average UFO - 119 85 92  81  151  103  -  53 $609
RUS-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3070 Very good UFO - 125 88 106  82  155  103  -  58 $857
RUS-User, 23 months ago.Core i7-4790, RTX 3080 Poor UFO - 113 77 96  71  163  81  62  54 $760
USA-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 2080 Very good UFO - 118 91 98  94  128  103  81  62 $902
DEU-User, 23 months ago.Core i7-4790K, GTX 1080-Ti Good UFO - 109 92 93  87  126  178  113  61 $876
AUS-User, 12 months ago.Core i5-4690, RTX 2080-Ti Above average UFO - 120 82 91  76  163  77  -  50 $609
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