Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 02:29
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 485 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.7 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 116 106 93 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 463 Write 152 Mixed 204 SusWrite 113 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 27.7 100% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 152 129% 191 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 83%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 220GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 547 536 533 538 537 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 661 Write 594 Mixed 603 SusWrite 541 135% 600 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 48.9 177% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 1,099 722% 852 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 275 276 285 294 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 447 Mixed 390 SusWrite 282 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 39.9 140% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 172 163 170 165 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 40 SusWrite 167 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 519GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 178 190 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 182 Mixed 38 SusWrite 180 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 29.6 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 28.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 91%

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

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,081 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	667x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	334x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	169x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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