Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.9% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '19 at 11:46
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 252 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 437 55% 419 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.8 81% 100 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 92 Splatting 92.1 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 323 386 300 255 185 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 361 Write 408 Mixed 276 SusWrite 290 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 31.9 133% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 214 191% 287 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 53GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 273 279 271 267 268 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 429 Write 284 Mixed 178 SusWrite 268 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 32 133% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 126 130% 214 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 92 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 125 Write 130 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 90.6 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 109%
Samsung HD503HI 500GB-$41 8,190 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 431GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 29.7 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 101 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 58%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 125 126 127 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 145 Write 146 Mixed 74 SusWrite 125 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 63%

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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	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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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 $179	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