Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '22 at 20:34
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 640 69% 548 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 23.6 20% 25.1 fps	MRender 22.5 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 17.9 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GB 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV21H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 316 320 318 320 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 441 Mixed 346 SusWrite 330 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 52.7 196% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 107 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 107 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	32"	1280 720	NOA0032 N32LHXB

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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	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 $269	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 $178	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