Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 21:17
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	77.1% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 408 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 4.15 Parallax 4.56 4% 4.32 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 7.13 5% 5.78 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW256G8 256GB 4,898 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 239 252 257 258 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 326 Mixed 414 SusWrite 258 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 70.1 218% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 205 175% 258 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 116 120 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 341 Write 179 Mixed 224 SusWrite 116 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 43.3 135% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 159 116% 152 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 338GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 75 77 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 71.9 Write 68 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 76.8 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 354GB free Firmware: GH2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 121 121 121 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 120 69% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 72%
Seagate ST31000526SV 1TB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 426GB free Firmware: CV15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 95 97 99 97 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 62 SusWrite 96.8 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDT721016SLA380 160GB-$38 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 146GB free Firmware: ST1O SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 84 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 84.6 Write 76.1 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 84.1 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 32.7 Mixed 26 SusWrite 21.1 39% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 19%
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: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 32.4 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 20.9 41% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 68% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% 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% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 64%

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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 $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 $273	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 $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