Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	158% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 03:28
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 674 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 133 106% 136 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 135 Splatting 118 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$73 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 409 334 475 417 479 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 575 Mixed 159 SusWrite 419 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 70.3 246% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 545 DQ Mixed 446 390% 587 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 311%
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 78GB free Firmware: V8X01c87 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 369 373 373 370 369 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 402 Write 358 Mixed 334 SusWrite 372 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 27.9 117% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 191 141% 183 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 97%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.5 3.1 2.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	4.68% Terrible	Read 19.6 Write 10.9 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 2.7 13% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.68% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 28.1 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 119%

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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 3,070 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	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 $79Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16