Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics129% 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 Drive44.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-K  (all builds)
Memory0.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140423
Uptime13.2 Days
Run DateMar 07 '18 at 14:18
Run Duration203 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 41%

 PC Performing as expected (44th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 102
2-Core 204
74% 129 Pts
4-Core 373
8-Core 397
51% 385 Pts
64-Core 397
25% 397 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Lighting 179
Reflection 201
Parallax 198
146% 193 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 180
Splatting 129
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 129%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB
28GB free
Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
26% Poor
Read 186
Write 57.1
Mixed 86.2
24% 110 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 4.64
4K Mixed 9.66
51% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 26%
Great: 51%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
8GB free
Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
46.1% Average
Read 420
Write 47.4
Mixed 57
37% 175 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 43.7
4K Mixed 7.78
66% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 312
DQ Write 38.6
DQ Mixed 2.52
46% 118 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 46.1%
Great: 107%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
44.6% Average
Read 207
Write 147
Mixed 134
36% 163 MB/s
4K Read 2.85
4K Write 91.8
4K Mixed 12.2
69% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 16.2
52% 112 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
217GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
69.8% Good
Read 99.3
Write 144
Mixed 102
86% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 2.67
4K Mixed 0.46
122% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (41st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47.6% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.7
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.4
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 47.6%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,064 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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