Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '24 at 16:25
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 502 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C727) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.65 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 152 Parallax 150 125% 152 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 135 Splatting 117 117% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 134 126 132 140 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 266 Write 139 Mixed 159 SusWrite 129 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 22.9 73% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 100 86% 126 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 142 141 138 143 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 55 Write 109 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 140 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 8 8.6 22 52 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.23% Terrible	Read 3.7 Write 11.5 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 28.5 8% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 610GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 94 102 99 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 100 Mixed 62 SusWrite 99.4 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 47% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 169 168 169 166 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 105 Write 120 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 167 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 241% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.4% 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 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	41	7	60	40"	1280 720	SAM0B30 SAMSUNG

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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	882x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	669x
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	96x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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