Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 00:43
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 637 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 59.6 52% 62.9 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 51.5 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 441 Write 138 Mixed 135 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 27.8 131% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 121 123% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 54GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 70 71 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 101 Write 77.5 Mixed 57 SusWrite 69.8 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 49GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 44 Write 15 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 67.6 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 32GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 47 46 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 55.7 Write 26 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 45.9 30% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 44%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 337GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 72.8 Write 51 Mixed 52 SusWrite 80.4 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 83%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 197GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 26 18 15 15 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 24 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 18.2 29% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.5 121% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 35%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 47GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 41 Write 39.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 42.3 55% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

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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