Asus Z97-K R2.0

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K R2.0  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150408
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 31 '21 at 19:20
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 45%
Watch Gameplay: 2060S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 93.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 260
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 694
70% 566 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
Asus(1043 86FC) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 112
Parallax 129
103% 123 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 120
Splatting 107
108% 136 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 104%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 460 421 223 358 326 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 490
Mixed 324
SusWrite 369
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 42.5
162% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 69.3
131% 260 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 108%
Great: 111%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 138 135 132 143 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 154
Write 131
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 138
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
610GB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 188 186 189 189 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 152
Mixed 87.4
SusWrite 187
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 106%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62.6% Good
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 18.9
61% 21.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 20.8
60% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 61.7
65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K R2.0 Builds (Compare 252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K R2.0

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $406
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