Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 05:14
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 419 51% 389 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 140 Parallax 160 130% 153 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 134 Splatting 104 111% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 467 Write 446 Mixed 360 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 54.1 180% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 25GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 149 147 147 149 144 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 165 Write 164 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 148 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 112%
BUFFALO External HDD 1.5TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 354GB free, PID 01ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 29 28 31 30 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 26.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 29.2 34% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 20%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB 1,938 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 14GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 31 13 14 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 153 Write 34.3 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 25.8 72% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.7 132% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 70%

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,069 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16