Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '20 at 23:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 648 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 135 Parallax 117 104% 127 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 398 430 437 418 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 419 Mixed 422 SusWrite 421 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 49.4 167% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 294 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 622GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 116 114 113 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 115 Write 70 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 114 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C8 4x4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 81%

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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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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	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