Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	164% 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	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	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 15:21
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 406 50% 381 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 37 Parallax 62.2 40% 49.3 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 25.4 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB 1,870 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 620 622 611 622 613 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 657 Write 570 Mixed 568 SusWrite 614 136% 602 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 70.6 227% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 346 339% 544 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 268%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free Firmware: S9FM02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 69 68 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 434 Write 80.2 Mixed 117 SusWrite 72.1 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 10.1 85% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 98.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 8.7 32% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 84%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 43GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 75 75 75 75 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 377 Write 79.4 Mixed 129 SusWrite 75.5 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 40.9 141% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 83.2 DQ Mixed 92 70% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%
Hitachi HCC547550A9E380 500GB 590 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: JE3OA60C SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 80 82 80 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 86.6 Write 77.4 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 80.3 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 67%

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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	877x
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 $269	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