Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 08:18
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 582 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 93.8 Parallax 178 90% 127 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 124 Splatting 132 97% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 238GB free Firmware: V1.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 328 335 334 336 336 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 361 Write 332 Mixed 328 SusWrite 332 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.3 178% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 55.8 113% 231 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 230%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 86 80 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 432 Write 268 Mixed 299 SusWrite 99.9 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 36.9 138% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 137 145% 241 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 104 112 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 87.3 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 106 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 74%

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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 3,066 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	877x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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