Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.7% 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 Drive72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140711
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateJan 17 '20 at 00:18
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 96.8
1-Core 114
2-Core 224
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 394
51% 383 Pts
64-Core 420
26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 89.5
Parallax 147
83% 113 fps
MRender 88.9
Gravity 110
Splatting 128
91% 109 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 600ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 137 125 127 141 138 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
72% Very good
Read 289
Write 210
Mixed 222
SusWrite 137
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 34.5
145% 58.3 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 153
123% 172 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 72%
Great: 85%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112
520GB free
Firmware: R0918B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 448 438 432 424 432 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 470
Mixed 430
SusWrite 436
104% 462 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 60.9
202% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 130
162% 288 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 126%
Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
912GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 184 186 185 186 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 206
Write 174
Mixed 104
SusWrite 185
122% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 112%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 30.4
MC Mixed 27.3
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 24.3
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 51
78% 51 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,066 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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HDDRAMUSB
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