Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.6% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '16 at 19:26
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 482 68% 503 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 76.8 53% 67 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 51.9 Splatting 73.7 51% 61 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1151 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4306502238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 403308568 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 276955 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 276955 (F2) Unknown 100 100 403244	100% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 465 Mixed 487 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 29.8 127% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 134 148% 250 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 7GB free Firmware: 06.01D03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10225 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3024 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10154 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 86.9 Mixed 102 74% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 73%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 60GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 42 Mixed 14.9 39% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.32 56% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X4GB2133C11Y4 2x4GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

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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	876x
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 $274	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 $184	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