Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 01 '20 at 20:02
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 604 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 165 Parallax 175 138% 170 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 143 Splatting 102 113% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 688 Write 542 Mixed 345 116% 525 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 46.9 167% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 680 496% 653 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 115GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 92 90 92 92 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 77 Write 78 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 92.9 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 87%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 119GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 55 73 75 74 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 51 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 64.7 36% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,064 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	876x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16