Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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	51.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 22:20
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 529 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 66.9 52% 66.5 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 55.3 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 376GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 302 460 487 455 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 489 Mixed 465 SusWrite 417 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 64.2 220% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 83 87 102 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 99.3 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 93.4 55% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 24.6 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,064 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	876x
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 $273	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 $15	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