Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '21 at 17:49
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$112 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 78.5 2-Core 189 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 537 57% 453 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 407B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 120 Parallax 128 118% 131 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 105 Splatting 87.2 88% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 332 306 106 248 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 182 Mixed 261 SusWrite 289 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 40 142% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 152 146% 234 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 108%
HPT DISK 0_1 500GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 200GB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 163 164 165 165 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 180 Write 165 Mixed 118 SusWrite 163 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.4 5% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%
HPT DISK 0_0 500GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 141GB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 101 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 114 SusWrite 101 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 540GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 95 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 46.7 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 94.5 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 66%
ASMT 2105 1TB 948 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 216GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 33.5 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 37.7 47% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 68% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	144	27"	1280 720	ACR0549 XF270HU

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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