Asus Z97-K R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 01:10
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 659 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 90% 111 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 386 385 371 400 360 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 479 Mixed 441 SusWrite 399 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 49.7 160% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 607 DQ Mixed 623 483% 665 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 162%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 50GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 217 110 101 100 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 158 Mixed 373 SusWrite 133 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.6 179% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 206 197% 309 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 59GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 95 93 94 96 95 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 87.8 Mixed 32 SusWrite 92.4 56% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.4 198% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 143 144 144 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 147 Write 126 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 144 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1302 PSD38G16002 KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K R2.0

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	100x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	48x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	22x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	15x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,248 samples	9x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 40%, 763 samples	7x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $406

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