Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% 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	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '23 at 23:06
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 197 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 530 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 53.6 33% 42.3 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 22 25% 31.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 220 159 107 107 116 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 432 Write 357 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 167 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 32.9 114% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 106 128% 225 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 230GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 292 294 292 292 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 422 Mixed 381 SusWrite 302 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 49.2 158% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 256GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 137 135 136 137 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 120 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 136 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 143 138 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 140 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 140 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 96%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 33 33 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 60.9 Write 24.1 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 33.3 42% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 38% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 56%
WDC WD10 01FALS-00E8B0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 238GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.2% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 36 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 18.1 40% 30 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 90% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 18%
KINGSTON SA400S37240G 240GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 41GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 50.8 Write 36.2 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 18.6 44% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 9.3 660% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 10.7 DQ Write 14.7 DQ Mixed 11.1 917% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.1 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.4 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.3% 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	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	333x
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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16