Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 21 days ago, 21 days ago, 20 days ago, 20 days ago, 4 days ago, 4 days ago, 3 days 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 (70^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-$348 390,954 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 91% 158 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 717 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 716 48% 716 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$290 1,047,709 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2234 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 82 Parallax 75.4 63% 78.5 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 74.8 63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 61%

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 6,440 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 13GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 70 70 71 67 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th 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: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 52%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 6,440 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 77GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 73 73 72 71 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th 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: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 52%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 9,061 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 5GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 12 13 20 18 22 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd 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: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,538 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^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: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 67%

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 390,954 samples	1,010x
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	742x
Core i7-4790Intel $215Bench 76%, 204,029 samples	657x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples	536x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples	247x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	150x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 107%, 478,856 samples	122x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $66Bench 54%, 231,285 samples	103x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 95,122 samples	173x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 68,070 samples	150x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 2,940 samples	67x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $905

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16