Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '19 at 18:54
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 644 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 80 71% 86.3 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 80 Splatting 70.9 63% 77.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 361 366 378 376 340 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 656 Write 549 Mixed 402 SusWrite 362 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49 177% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 634 495% 684 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 236%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 346GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 223 221 221 221 226 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 378 Write 384 Mixed 264 SusWrite 223 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38.4 140% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 191 168% 249 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 99%
Intel SSDPEDME016T4S 1.5TB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: 8DV1RA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 469 457 461 461 464 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 536 Write 681 Mixed 516 SusWrite 470 124% 551 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 52.6 200% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 727 DQ Write 750 DQ Mixed 939 651% 805 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 271%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 155 155 153 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 72.2 Write 122 Mixed 85 SusWrite 153 25% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 0.9 7% 3.43 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 6.5 DQ Mixed 1.7 2% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 18%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 52 52 52 54 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 27.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	875x
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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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