Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 14:15
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 133 2-Core 216 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 732 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2234 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 82 Parallax 75.4 64% 78.5 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 74.8 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD5000AVCS-732DY1 240GB 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 386 Write 345 Mixed 147 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 0.2 56% 130 MB/s

WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 13GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 70 70 71 67 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 69 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 69.3 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 51%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 77GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 73 73 72 71 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 66.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 71.7 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 51%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 5GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 12 13 20 18 22 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 19 SusWrite 17.4 24% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 122% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.1 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,064 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	876x
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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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