Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	169% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 20:29
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 480 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 135 Parallax 116 99% 124 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 123 Splatting 103 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 371 424 426 417 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 745 Write 607 Mixed 628 SusWrite 389 133% 592 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 81.6 268% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1,130 729% 845 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 302%
CT120BX500SSD1 500GB 181GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 99 Write 99.5 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 99.5 20% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.77 MB/s

Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 178 179 179 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 162 Write 164 Mixed 105 SusWrite 178 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 712GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 205 205 204 201 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 162 Mixed 64 SusWrite 202 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.5 437% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 793GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 127 139% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 71%

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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 3,073 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	879x
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 $51Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16