Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics131% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160331
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateSep 11 '18 at 15:05
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 47%

 PC Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$52
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 111
2-Core 199
78% 133 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 412
56% 418 Pts
64-Core 412
26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Lighting 184
Reflection 196
Parallax 198
150% 193 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 179
Splatting 125
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 131%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 256
Write 478
Mixed 225
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 38.2
152% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 180
178% 282 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
12GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 80 111 115 99 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
76.4% Very good
Read 358
Write 174
Mixed 229
SusWrite 111
48% 218 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 41.5
155% 58.9 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 171
DQ Mixed 173
129% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
913GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 135 134 137 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Read 151
Write 135
Mixed 118
SusWrite 136
100% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
194% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-437.A01LF 9905403-437.A01LF 9905403-198.A00LF 9905403-198.A00LF 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
53% Above average
MC Read 18.4
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 16.6
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 16.9
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 53%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,062 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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