Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '20 at 19:44
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 641 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 121 109% 133 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 451 Mixed 430 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 50.9 169% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 295 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 444GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 172 174 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 116 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 173 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.7 457% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 93 96 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 49 Write 65 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 94.2 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.5 257% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 61%

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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 3,066 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	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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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