Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.1% 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 Drive	113% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 20:59
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 653 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 104 Parallax 116 80% 106 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 114 Splatting 92.8 96% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 417 441 444 414 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 448 Mixed 296 SusWrite 400 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 46.2 172% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 295 239% 337 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 130GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 311 312 315 314 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 474 Mixed 387 SusWrite 325 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.4 209% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 344 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
General USB Flash Disk 2GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	4.43% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 5.3 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 5.8 9% 7.35 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 6%

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 below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,066 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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