Asus Z97-K R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 201 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 558 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 94.4 Parallax 87 85% 95.4 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 79.3 74% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 865GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 601 642 652 670 677 674 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,350 Write 1,290 Mixed 1,254 SusWrite 653 255% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 69.1 237% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 724 DQ Write 610 DQ Mixed 661 497% 665 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 347%
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 198GB free Firmware: 1.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 209 211 212 214 213 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 426 Mixed 313 SusWrite 210 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 39.2 141% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 217 198% 304 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 106%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 168GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 100 81 75 77 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 360 Write 155 Mixed 211 SusWrite 88.5 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 34.7 145% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 171 140% 203 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 83%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$175 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 150 156 159 150 157 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 158 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 155 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.5 206% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 111%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 345GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 87 92 91 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 95 Write 88.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 89.8 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 61%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 180 188 181 183 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 198 Write 205 Mixed 132 SusWrite 184 242% 180 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 96%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 6GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 2.4 3 3.1 3 3.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 3.2 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.4 167% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-P90 4x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K R2.0

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	100x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	48x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	22x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	15x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,248 samples	9x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 40%, 763 samples	7x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $406

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16