Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 18:16
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 396 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1394 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 87.9 58% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 58.9 54% 67.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 686 Write 561 Mixed 456 126% 568 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.5 173% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 578 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 344 268% 379 MB/s
Poor: 116% Great: 188%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$112 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 785GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 134 79 81 79 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 491 Write 78.3 Mixed 116 SusWrite 146 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 26 107% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 118 91% 128 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 697GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 184 187 187 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 159 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 185 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 16GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 15GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 33 14 13 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 157 Write 38 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 24.6 73% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 3.1 170% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 CT51264BA160B.C16F 1315 CT51264BA160B.C16F 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 47%

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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	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	333x
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	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16