Asus Z97-K R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	130% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '23 at 10:45
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 508 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FFC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 154 Parallax 154 127% 154 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 132 Splatting 117 116% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 289 248 232 203 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 616 Mixed 403 SusWrite 242 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.6 179% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 622 DQ Mixed 697 519% 690 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 129 131 131 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 482 Write 134 Mixed 129 SusWrite 130 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 20.7 116% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 51.1 86% 172 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 183GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 91 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 84.4 Write 95.1 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 90.9 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX324C11SR/8 2x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 26.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	27"	1280 720	AOC2702 27G2WG3-

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K R2.0

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	100x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	48x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	22x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	15x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,248 samples	9x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 40%, 763 samples	7x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $406

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16