Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 05:13
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 235 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 297 50% 353 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 41.5 41% 46.1 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 43 Splatting 37.9 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 457 Mixed 431 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 53.4 168% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 292 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 2.5 7mm 128GB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 71GB free Firmware: VQDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 197 184 184 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 488 Write 198 Mixed 235 SusWrite 183 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 38.4 141% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 166 146% 220 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 242GB free Firmware: CC4B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 146 Write 110 Mixed 85.1 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WDC WD10 02FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 215GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,714 Write 15.8 Mixed 28.1 1,057% 1,586 MB/s	4K Read 609 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.3 2,376% 204 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 48%
WDC WD10 02FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 111GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 20 3.1 0.4 0.1 5.5 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 71.3 Write 70.2 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 11.5 68% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 48%
WDC WD10 03FBYX-01Y7B1 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 120 131 133 133 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 126 Write 131 Mixed 96.1 SusWrite 123 162% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 131% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 55%
WDC WD15 EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 135GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 1.7 0.5 0 0 0.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 94.7 Write 82.5 Mixed 72 SusWrite 6 80% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 85% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB 350 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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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	881x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	667x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $28	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