Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% 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 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 85.4%, 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	167% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 22:35
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 443 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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 136 Parallax 116 99% 124 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 122 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-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 379 432 429 426 397 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 608 Mixed 623 SusWrite 398 133% 593 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 79.4 262% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1,129 729% 845 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 302%
CT120BX500SSD1 500GB 181GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 100 100 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 97.5 Write 96.8 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 98.9 20% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.8 MB/s

Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 127 126 126 126 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 164 Write 155 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 126 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 707GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 200 200 201 200 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 155 Mixed 56 SusWrite 199 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.6 446% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 102% 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: 120 121 121 121 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 140 Write 130 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 121 132% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.4% 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 @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 24 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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	667x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	335x
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 $100Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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