Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	82.7% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 18:42
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 614 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 153 Parallax 145 113% 146 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 102 91 92 93 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 413 Write 232 Mixed 229 SusWrite 101 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 42.4 152% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 260 203% 283 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 72GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 96 90 94 89 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 172 Write 116 Mixed 132 SusWrite 89.7 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 33.8 128% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 111 88% 122 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 531GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 65 71 68 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 82.3 Write 85.2 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 67.7 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AMD R938G2401U2S 2x8GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.4% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 82%

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,067 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	663x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	498x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	167x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	148x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	133x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	44x

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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