Asus Z97-K R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '22 at 11:48
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 629 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 86FC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 166 Parallax 125 100% 138 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 111 Splatting 104 101% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 198 171 167 129 196 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 476 Write 147 Mixed 324 SusWrite 184 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 37.1 139% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 69.1 125% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 111%
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$70 12,376 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 215GB free Firmware: 711130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 661 655 683 686 650 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 556 Write 641 Mixed 604 SusWrite 662 139% 616 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59 194% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 780 555% 709 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 296%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 140 142 143 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 140 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 118GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 125 126 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 114 Write 64.3 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 124 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K R2.0

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	100x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	48x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	22x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	15x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,248 samples	9x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 40%, 763 samples	7x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $406

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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