Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 05:51
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 95 2-Core 177 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 235 32% 240 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 51.2 44% 55.1 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 71.3 56% 68 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 237 191 121 109 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 430 Write 429 Mixed 325 SusWrite 182 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 9.8 92% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 143 124% 189 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 84 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 151 Write 108 Mixed 104 SusWrite 82.9 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 31.5 117% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 94.3 75% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 36 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 34.8 Write 36.5 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 36.7 48% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.7 237% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 74%
Iomega E xternal HD 2TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 0370 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 37 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 27 Write 37 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 37.4 47% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,066 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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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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 $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