Asus Z97-C

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	97% 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	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-C (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '22 at 19:28
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 144 54% 90.9 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 262 27% 218 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 112 Parallax 116 103% 118 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 86.4 85% 107 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 150 73 101 75 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 357 Write 251 Mixed 49 SusWrite 116 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 25.3 63% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 77.4 114% 213 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 98%
WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB 11,733 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 82GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 337 239 309 332 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 343 Write 314 Mixed 190 SusWrite 311 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 22.1 69% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 279 229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 684GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 133 127 115 126 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 118 Write 145 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 123 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 38 53 33 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 15.5 Write 32 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 43.5 21% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 65%
Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 792GB free Firmware: MPAOA5D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 96 93 95 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 33 Write 115 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 94.6 49% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 73%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 981GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 84 80 84 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 91.2 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 81.3 98% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-4GAB 0420 F3-2133C10-4GAB 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 10.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 69%

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $913

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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