Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 13:30
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 395 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim32.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.5 3% 4.2 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 97 107 99 106 103 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 336 Write 191 Mixed 218 SusWrite 109 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 36.6 133% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 36.3 37% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 85%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 206GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 67 60 52 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 66 Write 66 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 60.3 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 59%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 148GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 90 97 97 99 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 81 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 97.5 56% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 60GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 51 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 48.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 50.9 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 42GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 166 167 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 120 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 167 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.6 215% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

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 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 80%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	877x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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