Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.1% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '20 at 10:37
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 599 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 21D9) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 6.78 6% 7.8 fps	MRender 8.19 Gravity 5.33 Splatting 9.3 6% 7.61 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP122PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 58 76 91 79 88 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 504 Write 450 Mixed 370 SusWrite 105 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.7 158% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 41.4 39% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$75 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 493GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 114 113 113 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 113 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 75%
OOS2000G 2TB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: BE53 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 109 110 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 108 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 110%
Generic Flash HS-CF 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 9GB free, PID 2228 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.7 3.6 5.7 6.1 5.9 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.91% Terrible	Read 9.3 Write 4.3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.4 7% 5.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 65% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.91% Great: 6%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 10 10 9.3 10 10 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 6.2 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 9.8 11% 7.7 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.M16 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,075 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	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	169x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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