Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '19 at 08:06
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 150 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 405 47% 365 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 91.3 79% 100 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,421 Write 3,666 Mixed 3,291 843% 3,793 MB/s	4K Read 185 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 13.7 367% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 550 383% 480 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Kbg30zmv256g TOSHIBA 256GB 31,797 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 237GB free Firmware: ADHA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 101 126 92 82 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 448 Write 110 Mixed 210 SusWrite 139 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 27.2 109% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 177 176% 293 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 147%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 890GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 112 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 73 Mixed 59 SusWrite 113 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 84%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 404GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 95 93 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 60 SusWrite 93.2 120% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY32GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY32GX3M4A1600C9 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	875x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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