Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	147% 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, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '22 at 15:53
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 528 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 132 Parallax 83.2 78% 104 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.9 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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: 593 410 415 423 425 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 632 Write 652 Mixed 640 SusWrite 448 134% 593 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.3 204% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 656 DQ Mixed 754 552% 721 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 237%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 41GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 371 391 397 328 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 466 Mixed 394 SusWrite 356 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 48.6 168% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 256 219% 323 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 46GB free Firmware: UG4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 226 201 215 217 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 426 Write 307 Mixed 302 SusWrite 222 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 15.8 76% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 35.4 48% 88.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 351GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 69 68 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 67.1 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 67.9 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% 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% 1373, 1373, 1373, 1373 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.5% 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	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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 $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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16