Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	150% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 21:15
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 496 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 218 Parallax 227 165% 215 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 204 Splatting 139 158% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,378 Write 5,891 Mixed 6,253 1,448% 6,507 MB/s	4K Read 622 4K Write 249 4K Mixed 355 1,529% 409 MB/s	DQ Read 1,949 DQ Write 1,614 DQ Mixed 1,748 1,318% 1,770 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 60GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 484 347 268 257 243 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 401 SusWrite 347 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 66.1 224% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 53GB free Firmware: EMT03L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 292 293 289 247 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 294 Mixed 257 SusWrite 269 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 45.1 180% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 250 210% 308 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 311GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 125 131 131 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 130 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

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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	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