Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 173% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 146% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	208% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	175% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 01:14
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 209 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 654 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080 12GB 54,181 User benchmarks, average bench 192% EVGA(3842 4877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	208% Outstanding	Lighting 305 Reflection 264 Parallax 301 248% 290 fps	MRender 365 Gravity 247 Splatting 181 207% 264 fps
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 211%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 150 151 150 151 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 112 Write 145 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 150 28% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 117% Great: 118%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 601 608 612 626 616 616 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 690 Write 627 Mixed 639 SusWrite 613 145% 642 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 76.7 252% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 835 593% 755 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 826GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 128 128 127 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 106 Write 76.3 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 127 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 114%
General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 8.1 8.8 7.7 8.3 8.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.95% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 5 Mixed 6.3 SusWrite 8.3 10% 8.57 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.95% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 25.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	877x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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