Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% 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)
Boot Drive	161% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4360-$77 1,789 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 199 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 292 39% 292 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 1380) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 17 Parallax 21.8 18% 20.2 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 16.8 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 573 599 621 620 621 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 743 Write 640 Mixed 598 SusWrite 580 144% 640 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 71 247% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 220 228% 365 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 242%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 173GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 296 300 306 307 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 487 Mixed 370 SusWrite 294 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.2 208% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 334GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 285 292 299 300 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 464 Mixed 447 SusWrite 282 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55.9 183% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 293 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 657GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 111 112 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 111 133% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 64%

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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	878x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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