Asus Z97-K/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	19.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160317
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '22 at 20:06
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 182 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 580 55% 457 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 6,258 User benchmarks, average bench 127% Zotac(19DA 1630) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 160 Parallax 152 126% 155 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 132 Splatting 113 111% 139 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 38 14 21 31 35 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.2% Very poor	Read 99.6 Write 36 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 42.9 13% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 9.9 39% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 13.2 10% 13.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 38GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 43 42 43 45 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 46.5 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 43.5 34% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 454GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 124 124 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 100 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 124 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-036.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.1% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 6.1 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 36%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	35x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	31x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
NVME SSD 256GBNetacBench 178%, 1,034 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	5x

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Total price: $648

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 $177	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