Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 18:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 506 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 152 Parallax 140 112% 143 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 145 147 151 142 149 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 334 Write 202 Mixed 226 SusWrite 144 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 38.4 142% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 206 160% 222 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 66GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 400 Write 135 Mixed 196 SusWrite 135 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 32.4 131% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 159 129% 186 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 77%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 390GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 452 288 251 250 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 436 Mixed 368 SusWrite 324 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.9 147% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 332 250% 334 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 125GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 62 64 64 64 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 58.2 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 62.8 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 67%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 506GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 60 Write 8.2 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 53.4 27% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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