Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.6% 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	129% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '16 at 10:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 454 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3692) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 40 39% 44.3 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 762 Write 646 Mixed 693 156% 700 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 30.3 188% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 50.3 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 29.7 44% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 243%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 103 Write 83.3 Mixed 79.5 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 5.91 4K Mixed 0.4 200% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 74 3641088 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 52 944961914123 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9427 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 41693 (BC) Unknown 100 93 42950328368 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10854 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 12 3641088 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 492 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6979321872553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3097440229 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2106852969	72.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 95.4 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.46 85% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 91 9529241 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 59 1856055273131 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7286 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 29 707330090 (C2) HDA temperature 42 71 68719476778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 49 98193043 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 22 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.7% Average	Read 76.4 Write 75.6 Mixed 68.7 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-413.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-413.A00LF 12GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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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	665x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16