Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '20 at 10:35
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	KEN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 339 48% 352 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 95 65% 82.2 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 62.9 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 86 86 71 76 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 384 Write 84.4 Mixed 189 SusWrite 84.2 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 22.4 101% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 95.3 DQ Mixed 32.1 49% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 71%
Samsung HA500LJ 500GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 304GB free Firmware: CW300-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 68 68 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 63 Write 68.2 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 67.4 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 87%

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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	876x
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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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