Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 17:04
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 448 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PwrHis(1787 2343) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 84.2 55% 71.2 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 79.5 55% 65.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 489 Mixed 491 124% 558 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 24.3 163% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 27.5 72% 142 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12045 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2766 (B1) Unknown 91 91 98 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 61 36 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 206 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49639987033	95.1% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 344 Mixed 356 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 26.2 138% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 80.5 120% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33875192 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88621688 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 672464931 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 23 33875192 (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 12348030990132 (F1) Unknown 100 253 301295063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 897619346	55.3% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 96.7 Mixed 93.3 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 70%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 28GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2284 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1131 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8032 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.9% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.27 109% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 17GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2922 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65426 (C2) HDA temperature 113 88 34 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 77.5 Mixed 77.9 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.16 55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA1339J.C8F Micron ITC 1315 CT51264BA1339J.C8F Micron ITC 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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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	878x
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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	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) $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