Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	225% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '20 at 05:00
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 591 72% 554 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1500 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 113 70% 91.8 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 63.5 60% 75.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1007 522 401 406 404 406 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,431 Write 1,149 Mixed 1,072 SusWrite 524 233% 1,044 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 86.8 297% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 1,065 777% 1,010 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 302%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 352GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 165 180 180 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 197 Mixed 139 SusWrite 178 132% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.6 343% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Memorex Swivel 4GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 0699 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3.1 4.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 6.3 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 5.6 9% 8.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 86% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.2 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 28.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	169x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16