Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 21:51
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 248 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 718 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2681 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 157 Parallax 146 118% 149 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 164 163 165 164 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 434 Write 189 Mixed 222 SusWrite 157 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 15 107% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 28.5 45% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 62GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 319 320 313 290 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 455 Mixed 399 SusWrite 313 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 56.4 206% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 101 101 101 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 134 Mixed 76 SusWrite 101 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 162% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 355GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 88 88 88 87 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 88.2 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 85.9 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2300 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	873x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	663x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	498x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	167x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x

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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16