Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	31.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 427 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 2773) 3GB CLim: 1016 MHz, MLim: 1487 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 33 Parallax 57.5 37% 45.4 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 40.3 32% 38.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18974606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -96190087544183 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3650 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 152 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 78 64429621282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18974606 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18974606 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18974606 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16011 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14404 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14404 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14101	31.2% Below average	Read 178 Write 50.4 Mixed 65.3 21% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 8.06 65% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 57.1 DQ Write 51.8 DQ Mixed 8.66 19% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163165617 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 151839178 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4777 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295033024 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 275433062432 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 20 163165617 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108735686996896 (F1) Unknown 100 253 485696986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 516501922	52% Above average	Read 101 Write 79.9 Mixed 98.5 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.45 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 70%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 23GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 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 0 (03) Spinup time 253 181 1133 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7410 (C2) HDA temperature 106 1 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 198 92 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 197 92 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 196 94	23.1% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 40.5 Mixed 47.8 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 62%

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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	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	664x
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 $80Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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