Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.5% 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	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 12:53
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 367 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Nvidia(10DE 1381) 1GB CLim: 1359 MHz, MLim: 1275 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 16.3 Parallax 19 15% 18 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 17.1 16% 20.2 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 63687 (A5) Unknown 100 100 114 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 50 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 218 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 11798 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 130884 (F2) Unknown 100 100 179007 (F5) Unknown 100 100 254748	52.5% Above average	Read 492 Write 153 Mixed 234 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 15.2 72% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 57.3 41% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 90%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2434 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 693 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4904 (C2) HDA temperature 119 88 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 686305 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.1% Good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SRT4G86U1-P9H Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 47%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

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) $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