Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive128% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160331
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 07 '20 at 12:39
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User SGP-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4440-$128
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 91.3
1-Core 97.9
2-Core 195
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 360
46% 350 Pts
64-Core 351
22% 351 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770
AMD(1002 2543) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
11.4% Very poor
Lighting 15.1
Reflection 11.4
Parallax 12.9
12% 13.2 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 12.8
10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11.4%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 256GB
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 605 598 612 314 253 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 610
Write 521
Mixed 544
SusWrite 484
121% 540 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 48.2
187% 69.1 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 423
DQ Mixed 423
310% 401 MB/s
Poor: 140%
This bench: 128%
Great: 255%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.3% Below average
MC Read 11.3
MC Write 11.8
MC Mixed 9.3
31% 10.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 11
32% 11.2 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 34.3%
Great: 58%

 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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