Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 18:12
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 376 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 93% 111 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 58 51 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 970640765	77.1% Very good	Read 476 Write 267 Mixed 276 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 25.3 99% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 64.9 100% 195 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 218GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 92 125389570 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 331088723 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7888 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 282 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590067944 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 53 706281514 (C2) HDA temperature 42 47 47244640298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 18 125389570 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92818538269055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1564437881 (F2) Unknown 100 253 454877567	64.5% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.64 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 222GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 35 (03) Spinup time 144 128 3783 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200635 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 117 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.29 121% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 85%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 505GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 94.7 Write 93.8 Mixed 69.9 109% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2000G 2OZ 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 75%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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