Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.4% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 10:40
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 589 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 70 Parallax 67.4 52% 67 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 56 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 229 242 245 245 245 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 488 Mixed 456 SusWrite 241 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.7 214% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 272 228% 332 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 214 228 231 231 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 263 Write 299 Mixed 250 SusWrite 224 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 52 177% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 106 104% 166 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 230 242 245 245 246 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 484 Mixed 451 SusWrite 242 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.6 211% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 2TB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 505 573 581 582 582 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 736 Write 641 Mixed 653 SusWrite 552 145% 645 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 77.2 259% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 739 552% 733 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 371%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%

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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	873x
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	331x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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