Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '16 at 19:50
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 411 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 6.56 3% 5.81 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.39 5% 5.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT LCS-256L9S-HP 256GB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9C08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 100 100 260 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14577 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 50 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 86299 (F2) Unknown 100 100 111014	93.6% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 410 Mixed 432 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 35.3 120% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 84.2 118% 219 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 102%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 878GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 78.8 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.89 4K Mixed 0.47 165% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 703GB 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 173 172 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 857 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 588578850 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2329 (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	83.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 147 Mixed 132 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.29 136% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 447GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1757 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (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	69% Good	Read 133 Write 107 Mixed 90.5 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 388GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 146 1350 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5012 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (BF) G-sense error rate 12 12 88 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6783 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.4% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 96.5 Mixed 101 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 168 Write 171 Mixed 132 200% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 57% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 72%

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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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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