Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 04:39
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 630 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 64 55% 68.1 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 57.2 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 804 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 151 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524311 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1775	70.4% Very good	Read 490 Write 310 Mixed 337 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 7.62 78% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 7.72 65% 152 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866EL Series 2x4GB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 72%

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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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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%

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 $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