Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	101% 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	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 20:06
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 175 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 342 30% 255 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 72%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 105% 131 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 372 382 381 377 214 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 424 Write 331 Mixed 255 SusWrite 345 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 8.9 87% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 14.5 47% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 93%
Maxtor STM3160211AS 160GB 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 107GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 69 70 71 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 10.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 69.7 32% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 239GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 160 160 161 164 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 129 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 162 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 419GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 52 51 53 54 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 96.2 Write 52.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 52.9 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 1x8GB 2,292 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 5.6 19% 6.57 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.4 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 34%

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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	876x
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	332x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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