Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140519
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 17:07
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 440 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 81.9 66% 82.3 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 66.3 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 332 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.8 215% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 339 262% 357 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 125GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 87 132 155 152 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 123 Mixed 87 SusWrite 129 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 483GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 137 143 140 142 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 116 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 64 64 65 64 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	36% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 28 Mixed 39 SusWrite 62.7 36% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 40%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 352GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 41 Write 42.2 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 42.3 54% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

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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 $300	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