Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '19 at 14:41
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 668 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 63.3 57% 67.7 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 64 Splatting 54 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 148 67 154 140 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 294 Write 156 Mixed 184 SusWrite 137 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 26.6 103% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 56.2 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 44.7 40% 59.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 97%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 135 135 135 130 135 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 143 Write 138 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 132 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 495GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 145 145 145 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79% Very good	Read 132 Write 133 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 143 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 83%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 16GB 5,753 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.3 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 5.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 4.7 13% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2.6 138% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

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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	875x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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