Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.4% 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	27.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '21 at 10:52
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 384 49% 373 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 21.5 Reflection 21 Parallax 19.3 18% 20.6 fps	MRender 14.3 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 11.8 11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CRUCIAL_CT64M225 64GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1916 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 75 62 57 57 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 154 Write 102 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 69.4 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 11.5 52% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 61 DQ Write 8.8 DQ Mixed 12.9 15% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 31%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 699GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 117 117 118 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 117 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 0420 F3-10666CL7-2GBRH 99U5471-020.A00LF 0420 F3-10666CL7-2GBRH 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 27: 3R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
27%	14%	64	68	55	60	22.2"	1680 1050	IVM560F PL2206W

History: Score 15: 2R 1G 2B | Score 27: 3R 3G 3B

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	874x
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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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