Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% 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 Drive65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140508
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 15 '19 at 12:58
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU 61%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 89.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 216
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 422
57% 425 Pts
64-Core 402
25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 168
Reflection 185
Parallax 186
137% 180 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 171
Splatting 114
109% 135 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 133 125 93 99 87 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
65.5% Good
Read 452
Write 420
Mixed 57.2
SusWrite 125
58% 264 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 75.6
4K Mixed 18
102% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 142
125% 193 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 88%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30
419GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 106 107 106 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
62.3% Good
Read 112
Write 105
Mixed 43
SusWrite 106
66% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (57th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.8% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 16.7
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 17.4
48% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 67.8
59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 52.8%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,063 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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