Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.47% 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 Drive	81.1% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 09:35
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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-$135 255,027 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)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 638 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 21D9) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 8.96 Parallax 6.88 6% 7.91 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 5.37 Splatting 9.43 6% 7.79 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP122PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 66 64 87 92 91 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 508 Write 463 Mixed 367 SusWrite 108 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.9 166% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 43.2 41% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$75 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 523GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 118 118 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 119 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 75%
OOS2000G 2TB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: BE53 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 110 109 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 125 Write 129 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 108 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 110%
Generic Flash HS-CF 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 2228 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.6 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.5 8% 6.27 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.M16 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1648, 1648 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,092 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	883x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	669x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	335x
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
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16