Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.3% 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	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 20:09
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 656 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 38 33% 36.6 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 37.3 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 696GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 324 321 329 328 330 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 432 Write 403 Mixed 315 SusWrite 324 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 31.6 97% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 239 126% 107 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 121%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2TB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 327 328 330 330 331 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 446 Write 414 Mixed 346 SusWrite 327 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 35.4 115% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 273 226% 326 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 119%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 519GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 651 653 638 650 657 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 660 Write 606 Mixed 543 SusWrite 638 138% 612 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 72.6 235% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 248 295% 519 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 282%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	875x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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