Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.7% 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	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '19 at 17:50
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 375 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 18.1 Parallax 21.1 19% 21 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 17.9 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 156 175 174 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 413 Write 207 Mixed 215 SusWrite 164 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 42.7 154% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 191 143% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 437GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 113 110 105 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 106 Write 49.4 Mixed 59 SusWrite 106 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-030.A00LF 1x8GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.6 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 34%

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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%

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	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x

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 $40	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