Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 00:50
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 479 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 109 Parallax 89.8 77% 97.9 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 324 300 295 289 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 375 SusWrite 320 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.2 217% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Intel 330 Series 240GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 195GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 183 176 216 217 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 250 Mixed 266 SusWrite 197 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.4 177% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 231 182% 253 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 351GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 121 122 122 121 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 92.2 Write 56.9 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 121 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 63%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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