Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 14:52
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 496 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA A454) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 39.3 34% 38 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 37.8 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 219 109 112 122 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 478 Mixed 408 SusWrite 194 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 70.1 239% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 302 230% 308 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6GB free Firmware: 82.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 86 Write 86 Mixed 62.5 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 15GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 95 84 84 76 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 85.3 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 180 180 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 176 Mixed 109 SusWrite 180 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x8GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 70%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	876x
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 $15	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