Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 01:05
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 614 66% 523 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 7 Parallax 6.88 3% 5.94 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 8.17 6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 291 283 215 147 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 448 Mixed 373 SusWrite 234 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.5 221% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 299GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 438 446 453 452 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 458 Mixed 390 SusWrite 373 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 53 178% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 189 187 187 185 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 472 Mixed 356 SusWrite 211 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 61.2 215% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
LSI MR9260-4i 299GB 117GB free Firmware: 2.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 180 180 182 182 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

LSI MR9260-4i 299GB 192GB free Firmware: 2.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 70GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 68 89 78 70 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 72.9 Write 72.2 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 73 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 55%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 13 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 9.2 16% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

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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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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