Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	82% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 16:13
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 713 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3688 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 134 Parallax 150 123% 145 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 114% 144 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 76 72 71 71 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 459 Write 184 Mixed 234 SusWrite 79.5 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.9 161% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 155 129% 192 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 38GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 395 484 485 334 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 413 SusWrite 369 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 66.3 223% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 443GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 157 157 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 103 SusWrite 156 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Dark-1600 2x8GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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 $269	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 $45	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