Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	55.9% 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	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.4 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 17 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 497 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2112 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.9% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 120 Parallax 118 53% 101 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 112 62% 72.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 146 121 142 149 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 510 Write 151 Mixed 209 SusWrite 137 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.8 156% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 150 128% 190 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 83%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 220GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 570 565 554 576 577 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 752 Write 656 Mixed 662 SusWrite 564 148% 659 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 89.8 293% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,094 720% 851 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 266 277 256 270 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 485 Mixed 413 SusWrite 267 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 65.9 218% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 167 171 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 39 SusWrite 169 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 518GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 175 161 180 168 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 170 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 173 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 (94^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 28.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	882x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	335x
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	96x
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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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