Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive85.5% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140627
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMay 20 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration192 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 96.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 225
84% 146 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 612
62% 500 Pts
64-Core 616
38% 616 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 157
Parallax 134
119% 146 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 141
Splatting 116
102% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
19GB free
Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
69% Good
Read 299
Write 334
Mixed 347
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 70.2
4K Mixed 6.82
93% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 10.2
72% 167 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 69%
Great: 100%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
12GB free
Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 524
Write 480
Mixed 475
110% 493 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 12.9
125% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 62.3
125% 252 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 101%
Great: 111%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Read 491
Write 211
Mixed 286
72% 329 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 35.5
138% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 71.6
101% 188 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
228GB free
Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Read 112
Write 172
Mixed 172
115% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.44
4K Mixed 0.24
87% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
26GB free
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 154
Mixed 94.1
103% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.82
4K Write 1.64
4K Mixed 0.23
90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
77.3% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 24.7
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 24.6
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 52.6
76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $795
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