Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '21 at 13:18
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 391 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 86.5 54% 74.7 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 43.4 45% 56.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$149 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 145 143 147 147 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 460 Write 136 Mixed 169 SusWrite 147 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 28.8 118% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 162 140% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 128%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 103GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 141 146 153 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 428 Write 162 Mixed 216 SusWrite 147 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 45.2 162% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 188 143% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	875x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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