Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '21 at 13:11
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 527 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 135 Parallax 195 94% 149 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 124 Splatting 91.2 87% 108 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 210 Write 198 Mixed 199 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25.2 113% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 90.5 87% 134 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 84%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 83GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 144 152 133 149 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 313 Write 200 Mixed 223 SusWrite 139 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 37.4 150% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 170 127% 165 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 471GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 162 163 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 104 Write 125 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 160 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 219% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 553GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 78 79 78 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 78.3 Write 86.4 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 78.5 101% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 55: 6R 5G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
55%	54%	39	297	224	144	26.9"	1920 1080	AUS27A6 XG27VQ

History: Score 48: 5R 5G 8B | Score 55: 6R 5G 10B

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	874x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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