Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 21:26
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 509 69% 512 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 78 Parallax 68.2 63% 74.6 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.8 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 224 210 210 212 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 364 Mixed 366 SusWrite 216 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59 183% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 243 188% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 371GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 357 255 141 120 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 436 Write 406 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 203 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 35.6 116% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 179 163% 250 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 974GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 177 176 176 177 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 151 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 175 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 135 138 139 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 132 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 137 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Ultra Slim GD 1TB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 750GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 119 122 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 127 Mixed 85 SusWrite 120 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 64%

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

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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	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x

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 $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16