Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.5% 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	39.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 23:27
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 465 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2835) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 43 Parallax 56.7 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 57.4 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 41.1 41% 51.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 8291787 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -129355825010355 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3502 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 145 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8291787 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8291787 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8291787 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7250 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6097 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6097 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11372	39.9% Below average	Read 195 Write 95.4 Mixed 110 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 6.64 78% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 91.8 DQ Mixed 29.7 42% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 61%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 43GB free Firmware: 2.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 433794345829 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 129342940122019 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3968 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 185 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 433794345829 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 433794345829 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 433794345829 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 89489938579556 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3016 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2829 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2829 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5219	43.2% Average	Read 191 Write 105 Mixed 121 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 11.3 86% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 35.8 46% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 123GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170367904 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23106371 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1304 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33922 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 64424509469 (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 -110475148786195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10204094990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13584937518	90.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 144 Mixed 131 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 3,582 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 63%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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