Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	366% 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	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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	14 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	Jun 10 '19 at 20:53
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 596 66% 518 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gainward(10B0 1401) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.7% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 44 Parallax 38.9 32% 40.7 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 866GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2210 2071 2212 2034 1798 2091 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	366% Outstanding	Read 2,586 Write 2,324 Mixed 1,547 SusWrite 2,069 478% 2,132 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 83.8 302% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 976 731% 976 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 366% Great: 425%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 476GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 436 439 438 442 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 443 Mixed 368 SusWrite 439 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.2 176% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 334 259% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$158 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 101 102 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 104 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 100 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% 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%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16