Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 21:23
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 252 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 494 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 2005 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 78.9 64% 78.9 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 63.7 59% 73.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKGF256A5 SATA 256GB 1,243 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: LB1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 235 179 203 49 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 294 Mixed 308 SusWrite 164 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.4 175% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 160 149% 231 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 880GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 180 183 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 142 Mixed 89 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 399GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 85 86 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 78.5 Write 81 Mixed 31 SusWrite 85.6 50% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16