Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	133% 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	88.6% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '23 at 22:24
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 294 43% 317 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 196 Parallax 192 149% 190 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 197 Splatting 131 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 256GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 276 397 412 391 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 450 Write 403 Mixed 226 SusWrite 346 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 32.4 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 124 132% 220 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 95%
Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB-$30 3,183 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 67GB free Firmware: BBFOC32P SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 56 55 56 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 35.7 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 56 32% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 31%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 194 197 201 200 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 89.8 Write 56.6 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 196 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1672 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	56	28	60	22"	1280 720	GSM567E W2252

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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	881x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	667x
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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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