Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 21:24
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 419 50% 387 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BE) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 20.3 18% 20 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 23 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 133 134 135 135 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 381 Write 154 Mixed 212 SusWrite 131 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.2 176% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 175 136% 190 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 442GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 81 75 79 76 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 50.2 Write 95.6 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 77.5 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 16GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 165 131 117 105 94 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 135 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 133 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%
Sony MRW-E90 66GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 29GB free, PID 0bae Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.3 3.9 4.4 3.5 3.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.32% Terrible	Read 8.8 Write 5.8 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 3.6 8% 6.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 8% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 64%
Sony MRW-E90 128GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 40GB free, PID 0baf Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 17 20 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 21 Write 20.9 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 19.2 28% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.2 225% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 84%

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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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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	875x
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 $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