Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	15.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '18 at 19:59
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 582 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

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: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$32 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 84 80 31 44 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 91.2 Write 106 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 65.5 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 56GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 70 69 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 89 Write 88.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 68.3 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 68%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 106GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 87 88 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 86.9 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-140.A00LF Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6D1 9905403-140.A00LF Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 20GB 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,061 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $275	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