Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	172% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 18:13
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 229 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 659 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 61.3 52% 64.7 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 59.2 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 894GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 532 613 620 549 590 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 637 Write 536 Mixed 555 SusWrite 548 128% 569 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 80.7 257% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 673 DQ Mixed 997 673% 815 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 372%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$51 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 172 173 174 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 160 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 171 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Maxell HDD 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 28GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 35.6 Write 34.7 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 36.3 46% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 13GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 35 34 34 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 42 Write 34.6 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 33.8 48% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.3 222% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 22 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 73%

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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	886x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	670x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	501x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	337x
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
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	73x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 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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Total price: $795

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