Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.3% 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)
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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 21:16
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 581 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 64.5 61% 70.5 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 59.4 53% 66.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 436 Mixed 334 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 51.2 171% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 234 208% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 7GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 627 Write 540 Mixed 420 118% 529 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 52.4 209% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 760 557% 731 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 10GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 121 126 117 127 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 122 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 7GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 128 101 100 114 126 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 65.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 113 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 77%

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 @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,071 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	878x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16