Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 16.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '22 at 12:26
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Memory 12.5 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 108 31% 62 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 120 16% 117 Pts	64-Core 97.9 6% 97.9 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8866) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 101% 116 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 87.2 82% 102 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 160 171 147 122 152 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.2% Poor	Read 141 Write 119 Mixed 134 SusWrite 149 31% 136 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 4.2 19% 6.9 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 138 114% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 31GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 62 65 64 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 48.1 Write 53.9 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 64.9 39% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 69%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 116GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 87 84 84 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 34.2 Write 36.5 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 83.8 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 23GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 94 83 77 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 118 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 92.9 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2133C11Y4 2x8GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 6.8 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 381 10% 381 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 80%

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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	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 $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