Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.25% 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	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 16:35
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 467 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E194) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 7.19 8% 8.49 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 9.13 7% 8.18 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Scorch M2 128GB 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 132 136 134 131 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 469 Write 140 Mixed 188 SusWrite 132 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 14.9 110% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 160 123% 169 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 131%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 420GB free Firmware: SBFMBA.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 261 259 270 275 270 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 411 Write 387 Mixed 344 SusWrite 272 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 36 138% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 193 172% 257 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3250312CS 250GB-$90 1,923 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 233GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 116 117 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 59 SusWrite 115 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 297GB free Firmware: CP100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 77.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 81 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 43%
Generic External 320GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 77GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 27 SusWrite 35.5 45% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/2GX KHX2666C11D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX KHX2666C11D3/4GX 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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	878x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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