Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90% 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 Drive96.4% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160331
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 16 '19 at 01:29
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 12%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 122
2-Core 244
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 653
68% 545 Pts
64-Core 649
40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90% Excellent
Lighting 115
Reflection 116
Parallax 110
94% 114 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 103
Splatting 103
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CB1.1.a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 212 262 91 106 106 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
96.4% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 576
Mixed 517
SusWrite 186
99% 441 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 41.9
156% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 526
DQ Mixed 312
261% 368 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 96.4%
Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
286GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 319 318 309 307 305 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 428
Mixed 442
SusWrite 327
94% 420 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 97.1
4K Mixed 54.9
178% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 356
268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 111%
Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
893GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 128 127 127 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Read 163
Write 143
Mixed 97
SusWrite 127
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
60.3% Good
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 18.5
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 19.9
54% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,066 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $795
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HDDRAMUSB
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