Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '22 at 15:30
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 211 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 510 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 131 Parallax 90.7 76% 105 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 97.6 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 429 410 428 430 430 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 697 Write 676 Mixed 654 SusWrite 446 139% 618 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 54.2 177% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 517 388% 522 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 237%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 41GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 368 360 395 395 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 418 Mixed 293 SusWrite 343 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 44.5 138% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 247 214% 318 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 115%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 46GB free Firmware: UG4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 225 200 210 218 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 442 Write 392 Mixed 318 SusWrite 216 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 16.2 72% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 35.5 47% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 351GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 68 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 66.7 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 67.6 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%

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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	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	666x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	334x
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	95x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16