Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	142% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 19:19
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 121 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 652 70% 555 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 89% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 100 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 391 398 409 410 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 492 Mixed 416 SusWrite 402 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 74.7 262% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 227GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 393 398 409 409 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 487 Mixed 410 SusWrite 401 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 73 255% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 134%
WD WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 320GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 282GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 88 91 92 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 77 Write 89.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 90.2 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 46%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 779GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 140 141 141 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 169 Write 136 Mixed 104 SusWrite 140 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 439GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 170 173 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 172 Mixed 101 SusWrite 172 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16