Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140711
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 02 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 24%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 107
2-Core 210
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 405
52% 396 Pts
64-Core 417
26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.8% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 113
Parallax 106
84% 108 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 95.3
Splatting 97.9
79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37
487GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
90% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 154
Mixed 129
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.96
4K Write 1.58
4K Mixed 0.32
105% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 90%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
342GB free
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 167
Mixed 152
126% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.71
4K Write 1.74
4K Mixed 0.22
86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 101%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 16GB
1600, 1867 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
26.9% Poor
MC Read 8.6
MC Write 9.3
MC Mixed 7.9
25% 8.6 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 9
SC Mixed 7.6
21% 7.5 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 26.9%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,088 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $795
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