Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	156% 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	125% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '20 at 13:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 404 50% 381 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB; RTX 3070 FE CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	156% Outstanding	Lighting 230 Reflection 216 Parallax 207 188% 218 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 159 Splatting 140 134% 167 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 266 294 292 285 272 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,246 Write 739 Mixed 632 SusWrite 292 161% 727 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 48.6 170% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 61.2 56% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 241%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 157 158 158 157 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 162 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 157 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUH721212ALE604 12TB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 5.5TB free Firmware: LEGNW3D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 186 210 205 205 210 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 209 Mixed 98.9 SusWrite 198 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.2 294% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 24.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	876x
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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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