Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.6% 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	86.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 18:30
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 501 54% 427 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 933 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 56.5 34% 42.9 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 37.4 30% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 290 265 241 246 243 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 476 Write 346 Mixed 311 SusWrite 270 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 43.3 118% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 201 178% 266 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 98%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 159GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 138 138 140 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 128 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 138 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba Ext HDD 1TB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 596GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 19.3 39% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 43%
Toshiba Ext HDD 1TB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 104GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 38.2 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 19.3 39% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 43%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 43GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 18 19 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 18.2 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 18.5 24% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3.7 239% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 75%

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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 3,066 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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $40	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