Asus Z97-K/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% 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/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150206
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 08:00
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 604 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 98.3 78% 99.9 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 94.4 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 482 Write 450 Mixed 265 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.9 167% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 224 183% 264 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 456GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 107 109 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 107 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 0GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 103 Write 0.3 Mixed 0.3 SusWrite 0.4 19% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 43: 5R 5G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
43%	57%	23	339	280	60	27"	1920 1080	ACR050D Acer CB271H

History: Score 38: 6R 1G 5B | Score 41: 3R 7G 5B | Score 43: 5R 5G 3B

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	35x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	31x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
NVME SSD 256GBNetacBench 178%, 1,034 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	5x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16