Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	96.1% 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	76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '23 at 16:16
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 141 54% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 305 34% 269 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-12GB 12,228 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Asus(1043 886E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 104 Parallax 124 100% 117 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 113 Splatting 92.6 90% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 145 76 84 57 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 397 Write 162 Mixed 131 SusWrite 97.4 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 39.1 138% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 211 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 92%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 494GB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 355 407 423 455 470 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 416 Mixed 401 SusWrite 417 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 50.9 155% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 137%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 28GB free Firmware: MH000K SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 59 59 60 59 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 27.6 Write 56.1 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 57.9 31% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 2: 0P 0R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
2%	7%	28	214	59	75	23.8"	1280 720	AUS240C VA24D

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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	667x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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