Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit renk, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit renk
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150520
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 09 '16 at 23:41
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 120
2-Core 234
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 588
61% 493 Pts
64-Core 634
39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Asus(1043 8534) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.97% Terrible
Lighting 4
Reflection 6.27
Parallax 6.47
3% 5.58 fps
MRender 9.29
Gravity 2.57
Splatting 7.52
5% 6.46 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.97%
Great: 3%
AMD R7 240
Asus(1043 048B) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
5.45% Terrible
Lighting 6.43
Reflection 8.42
Parallax 8.31
5% 7.72 fps
MRender 7.38
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 7.87
6% 7.07 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.45%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
ESA3SMF2HTGT120GB 120GB
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O0818A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
57% Above average
Read 443
Write 137
Mixed 207
57% 262 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 3.07
88% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 2.87
44% 104 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 57%
Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55
99GB free
Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
38.4% Below average
Read 70.8
Write 63
Mixed 66.5
50% 66.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 1.23
4K Mixed 0.33
86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 38.4%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.1% Above average
MC Read 20.7
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 16.8
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 16.2
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,063 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $795
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