Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	112% 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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 20:33
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 210 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 588 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 404B) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (163 fps cap detected)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 163 Parallax 162 129% 161 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 161 Splatting 163 133% 163 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 454 440 319 138 130 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 450 Mixed 395 SusWrite 320 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.3 184% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 65 75 76 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 59 Write 58 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 72 39% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns

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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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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	665x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16