Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '22 at 00:23
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 61.2 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 105 43% 71.4 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 306 28% 233 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1541 MHz, MLim: 1835 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 113 Parallax 100 108% 115 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 91 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.54% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 6.1 3% 4.2 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.2 4% 5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.54% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM02B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 155 161 155 126 110 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.7% Average	Read 237 Write 210 Mixed 155 SusWrite 148 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 16.5 54% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 110 95% 145 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 76%
Kbg30zmv256g TOSHIBA 256GB 31,797 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 55GB free Firmware: ADHA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 84 69 84 78 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 405 Write 58.7 Mixed 135 SusWrite 104 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 23.7 86% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 132 152% 266 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 147%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 515GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 73 73 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 77 Write 76.7 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 73.2 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 134 132 133 134 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 133 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 2.7 12% 4.3 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,061 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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