Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	156% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 19:49
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 481 68% 499 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2339 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 80.5 69% 82.6 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 79.7 66% 80.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 701 712 721 718 711 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 710 Mixed 587 SusWrite 704 155% 686 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.7 199% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 515 378% 501 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 241%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 147GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 150 148 152 150 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 150 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 333GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 190 189 189 190 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 124 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 189 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 349GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 82 98 99 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 113 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 94.1 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 27.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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