Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.2% 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	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 21:32
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 104 2-Core 263 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 668 75% 586 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8747) ≥ 4GB; DUAL-RTX2060S-O8G-EVO-V2 CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 114 Parallax 118 97% 117 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 109 Splatting 100 100% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 761GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 305 387 393 399 416 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 431 Mixed 374 SusWrite 358 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 32.3 146% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 163 174% 290 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 117%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 500GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 317 387 394 399 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 445 Mixed 380 SusWrite 362 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.9 186% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 244 209% 310 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 312GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 317 386 394 367 281 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 444 Mixed 377 SusWrite 333 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 55.8 191% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 641GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 96 95 96 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 94 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 95.1 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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