Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '20 at 14:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 376 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 41.6 28% 36 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 36.3 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 721GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 443 448 452 440 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 442 Mixed 428 SusWrite 448 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.1 186% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 102GB free Firmware: CP100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 46 46 45 48 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 23.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 46.6 26% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 97GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 76 77 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 75.3 Write 36.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 77.3 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 267GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 53 53 54 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 28.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 53.2 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

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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	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 $273	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