Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	113% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 19:18
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 434 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 0661) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.00 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.27% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 3.4 7% 7.5 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 3.7 5% 6.47 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW256G8 256GB 4,898 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 211 199 255 261 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 446 Mixed 438 SusWrite 238 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 65.2 211% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 200 172% 253 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 216GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 124 119 119 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 355 Write 195 Mixed 241 SusWrite 119 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 39.8 130% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 184 139% 189 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 177GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 64 71 80 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 90.1 Write 88.6 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 75 61% 82 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 424GB free Firmware: GH2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 113 118 125 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 121 Write 124 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 122 72% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%
Seagate ST31000526SV 1TB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 777GB free Firmware: CV15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 102 108 112 114 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 110 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 163 173 174 175 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 175 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 172 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 27.5 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 26.9 38% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 61% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-439.A00LF 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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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	240x
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 $90Bench 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: $894

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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