Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	151% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 615 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 730 Write 625 Mixed 721 154% 692 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.6 204% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 218 227% 375 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 234GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9973 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2461 (B1) Unknown 98 98 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 47 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32385567846	119% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 484 Mixed 511 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.2 174% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 170 180% 296 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01K04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 143 11000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (10) Unknown 0 200 20481790237 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4129 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 104 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.68 165% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 96%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 157GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 176 167 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5001 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1904 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4896 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 196 0	45.9% Average	Read 90 Write 69.5 Mixed 63.2 56% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.48 115% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4055 (C2) HDA temperature 104 91 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 86.9 Write 85 Mixed 65.9 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 6GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 124 Write 16.9 Mixed 19.7 47% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 42% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 3x8GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	875x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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) $30	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