Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '19 at 20:14
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 430 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PowerColor(148C 3000) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 53.9 35% 42.8 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 38.5 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 488GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 142 134 142 159 152 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 166 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 149 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 107%
SABRENT 256GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 90GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 254 78 311 322 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 337 Write 324 Mixed 277 SusWrite 255 400% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 8 2,858% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 8.9 DQ Mixed 0.6 411% 11.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 336%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 525GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 31 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 30.8 Write 31 Mixed 21 SusWrite 34.5 40% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 176% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 1302 1866 CL10 Series 20GB 1904, 1904, 1904 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.1% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns

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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	877x
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 $177	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