Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	92.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '18 at 08:24
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 612 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.7 92% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 129 193 77 76 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 428 Mixed 386 SusWrite 139 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.4 165% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 237 197% 282 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 95%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 118 120 121 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 136 Mixed 101 SusWrite 114 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 175% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 508GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 135 135 137 136 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 161 Mixed 85 SusWrite 136 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 130 121 129 110 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 149 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 125 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 35.2 Write 35.9 Mixed 31 SusWrite 38.9 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.6 260% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 23.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

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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	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	333x
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 $95Bench 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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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