Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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 Drive	128% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 01:41
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 708 77% 609 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 205 Parallax 206 146% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 183 Splatting 132 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 327 283 284 280 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 623 Write 532 Mixed 353 SusWrite 313 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46.4 170% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 646 501% 688 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 47GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 272 292 294 289 296 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 442 Mixed 353 SusWrite 278 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 53.8 194% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 271 286 274 274 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 447 Mixed 386 SusWrite 263 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 62.3 205% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 419GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 262 281 285 280 286 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 416 Mixed 389 SusWrite 269 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.3 176% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 300 242% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 129 125 140 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 146 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 137 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMV8GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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

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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	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 $40	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