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Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '21 at 09:04
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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)	74.2% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 368 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 031E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 9 12% 13.6 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 8.5 8% 10.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 349 349 348 348 339 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 346 Mixed 291 SusWrite 347 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 40.9 149% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 107 149% 274 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 395GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 115 115 113 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 101 Write 89.6 Mixed 69 SusWrite 114 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273EBO-CKO 4x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 19.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,168 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	910x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	681x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	510x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	202x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	170x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	134x
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 $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $291	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350