Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '24 at 11:53
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 566 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2740) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 37.3 Parallax 45.5 29% 39.5 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 26 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 588 448 305 307 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 580 Mixed 376 SusWrite 423 116% 516 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 43.1 154% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 648 495% 673 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 236%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 91 91 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 88.3 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 89.6 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 55%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 369GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 39 39 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 38 Write 37.9 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 38.5 50% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 58% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3L/8GX KHX1600C10D3L/8GX KHX1600C9D3L/8GX KHX1600C10D3L/8GX 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ 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 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	69	56	60	31.5"	1280 720	SGT3200 Z32HR01

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	878x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $795

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16