Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 09:16
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 407 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 103% 131 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 181GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 453 444 432 440 346 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 458 Mixed 432 SusWrite 410 100% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 65.4 222% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 324 Mixed 240 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 35.9 159% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 124 141% 244 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 92GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 95 93 95 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 54.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 94.2 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 53%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 138GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 93 74 89 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 84.8 Write 60.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 88.5 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 58%
Intenso Rainbow Line 8GB 617 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 2.9 4.6 5 6.2 6 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Read 8.5 Write 0.8 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 4.9 5% 4.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 6%
USB Flash Memory 8GB 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.2 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Read 28 Write 4.3 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.5 10% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.5% 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	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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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