Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.4% 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	24.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 05:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 168 77% 127 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 597 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 37.8 26% 34.7 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 40 27% 32 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 41 43 39 35 38 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.5% Poor	Read 236 Write 60.2 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 40.8 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 10 22% 8.6 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 17.8 DQ Mixed 27.8 43% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 110%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 620GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 92 91 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 80 Write 82.7 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 91.7 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 429GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 83 83 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 83.4 Write 77.1 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 83.5 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.7% 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 3,064 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	876x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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