Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	127% 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 11:43
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	59%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 87 2-Core 207 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 360 43% 334 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 192 Parallax 182 142% 183 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 170 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 27 29 29 28 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 75GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 332 301 316 328 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 373 Mixed 273 SusWrite 331 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39.1 147% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 319 244% 330 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 104%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 31GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 322 289 319 278 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 390 Write 375 Mixed 303 SusWrite 284 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 35.8 135% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 258 213% 303 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 98%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 78GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 86.7 Write 86.9 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 71.1 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 64%

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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	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16