Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.3% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 09:17
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 207 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 615 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.3% Average	Lighting 58.9 Reflection 55 Parallax 50.9 48% 54.9 fps	MRender 43.4 Gravity 51.9 Splatting 59.3 43% 51.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 116 116 72 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 345 Write 130 Mixed 170 SusWrite 101 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 29.3 109% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 132 102% 140 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 661GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 132 133 127 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 164 Write 129 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 131 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 64%

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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	882x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	169x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16