Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '20 at 13:08
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 189 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 381 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 7 3% 4.3 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 99 94 116 101 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 332 Write 105 Mixed 146 SusWrite 156 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 30.1 106% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 208 158% 210 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 110 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 124 Write 111 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 112 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 67%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1.5TB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 40 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 40 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 40.5 52% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	881x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	667x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	335x
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 $100Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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