Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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.
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 00:45
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 195 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 516 49% 405 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 115 Parallax 146 109% 131 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 133 Splatting 88.6 98% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 72 12 17 8.4 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 440 Write 39.8 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 37.8 32% 149 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 16.7 90% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 34.7 DQ Mixed 34.9 38% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 103%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 510GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 147GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 321 34 48 49 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 460 Write 372 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 143 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 16.7 68% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 0.8 38% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 382GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 136 137 105 145 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 136 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 135 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 116 108 90 104 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 44.2 Mixed 34 SusWrite 104 52% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G16002 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 1302 PSD34G16002 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 55%

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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	874x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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