Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97% 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	67.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '20 at 19:38
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 634 71% 557 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 139 Parallax 130 101% 131 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 65 55 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 476 Write 75.5 Mixed 203 SusWrite 65.6 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 34 111% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 94 100% 173 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 134 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 134 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 196 204 204 205 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 202 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 106%
Lexar Pro LRW400 -0 128GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 80GB free, PID b054 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 135 Write 122 Mixed 50.5 122% 103 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.3 169% 5.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 1600, 2400, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 84%

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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	878x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16