Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.2% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 11:40
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 577 57% 465 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 118 Parallax 121 98% 120 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 108 Splatting 98.5 100% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 643GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 383 391 416 422 419 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 350 Mixed 372 SusWrite 395 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 43.2 149% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 343 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 231GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 228 155 143 124 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 472 Write 453 Mixed 119 SusWrite 180 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 25.4 89% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 140 125% 193 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 787GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 166 174 172 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 81 SusWrite 169 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 230GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 117 122 121 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 90.5 Write 102 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 120 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

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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	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