Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	140% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 21:53
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 550 72% 544 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751); Aorus Extreme 1080ti CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 210 Parallax 190 162% 200 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 195 Splatting 134 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 650GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 137 137 21494038788 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1123 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1137 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171799609376 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 126 Mixed 142 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

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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 3,062 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	875x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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