Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '20 at 01:37
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 526 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.6 64% 74.3 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 73.5 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 517 562 536 531 509 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 663 Write 547 Mixed 576 SusWrite 502 129% 572 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 82.1 250% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1,153 740% 853 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 410%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 28GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 83 84 83 84 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 181 Write 74.5 Mixed 104 SusWrite 80.2 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 12.9 52% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 67.4 DQ Write 30.2 DQ Mixed 37.7 31% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 931GB free Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 131 132 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 122 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 132 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%
WD WD3200JS-63PDB1 320GB 3,111 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 65GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 59 60 60 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 27.6 Write 22.6 Mixed 26 SusWrite 52 24% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 142GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 104 103 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 104 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 87%

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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	875x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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