Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 12:03
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 616 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1480 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 112 69% 90.7 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 81.8 Splatting 62.9 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 56%

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% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 991 524 405 402 406 406 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,431 Write 1,144 Mixed 1101 SusWrite 522 235% 1,050 MB/s	4K Read 67.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 91 306% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 936 DQ Mixed 1,027 756% 990 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 302%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 352GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 181 180 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 200 Mixed 137 SusWrite 180 134% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.7 354% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	884x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	670x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	337x
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	96x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369