Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '19 at 08:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 606 67% 526 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 197 Parallax 202 152% 195 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 184 Splatting 122 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 291 249 178 190 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 720 Write 597 Mixed 428 SusWrite 243 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 37.6 170% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 451 DQ Write 475 DQ Mixed 537 383% 488 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 238 195 209 195 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 260 Mixed 329 SusWrite 209 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 50.3 179% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 244 183% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 94%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 182GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 378 399 424 425 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 486 Mixed 445 SusWrite 386 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.6 207% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 159 158 160 159 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 160 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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