Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% 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)
Boot Drive	90.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '20 at 17:52
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 635 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 61.2 56% 66 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 54.3 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 54 54 54 54 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 429 Mixed 401 SusWrite 86.5 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.7 164% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 242 202% 291 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%
Samsung MZFLV128 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 54GB free Firmware: 5M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 149 149 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 710 Write 153 Mixed 200 SusWrite 148 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 33.2 174% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 229 202% 314 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 887GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 111 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 125 Write 105 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 109 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 165% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 301GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 168 172 174 170 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 174 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 171 109% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.2 200% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-171.A00LF 4x2GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

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