Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	327% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 23:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 631 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 863C) 3GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.4% Above average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 57.4 50% 61.9 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 69.3 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 1769 1990 1991 1996 1962 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,451 Write 2,182 Mixed 1432 SusWrite 1,736 437% 1,950 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 73.2 243% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,187 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 1047 789% 1,060 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 393%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$100 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 153 159 145 152 158 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 175 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 151 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.8 238% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-142.A00LF 4x2GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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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%

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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	888x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	670x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	501x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	337x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	169x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	73x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x

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 i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353