Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	174% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 11:50
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 429 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 863B) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 63.5 60% 69.9 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 72 59% 72 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 557 660 672 673 674 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 667 Mixed 643 SusWrite 575 148% 657 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 77.7 256% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 350 343% 551 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 277%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 52GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,466 Write 4,720 Mixed 4,840 1,116% 5,008 MB/s	4K Read 533 4K Write 298 4K Mixed 365 1,433% 399 MB/s	DQ Read 1825 DQ Write 1,466 DQ Mixed 1,479 1,152% 1,590 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 106GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 97 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.1 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 97.4 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 1,037 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $269	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