Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.6% 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	140% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 15:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 379 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 64.7 58% 69.7 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 58.5 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 463 543 545 581 578 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 571 Mixed 458 SusWrite 506 124% 550 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 49.5 165% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 716 531% 703 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 254%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 45GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 309 369 344 162 125 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 380 Write 375 Mixed 279 SusWrite 256 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 33.8 127% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 256 213% 304 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 578GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 143 144 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 136 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 143 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 43.4 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 93%

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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	873x
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	331x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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