Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 09:53
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 208 29% 213 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 98 63% 84.7 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 63.3 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 320 313 300 318 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 484 Mixed 463 SusWrite 312 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.9 195% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 336 253% 338 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 375GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 161 156 163 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 149 Mixed 94 SusWrite 159 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

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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%

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 $45	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