Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '16 at 22:29
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 701 78% 615 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 58.4 49% 61.6 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 55.1 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 54GB free Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3467 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3799 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1742 (F5) Unknown 100 100 6934	63.8% Good	Read 471 Write 198 Mixed 230 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 10.5 81% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 10 64% 149 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 31GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1916 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1625 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2499 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1896217515	76.4% Very good	Read 474 Write 339 Mixed 328 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 15.4 120% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 15.5 24% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 136GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 250 1100 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5500 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5783 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 45 (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	43.5% Average	Read 82.3 Write 68.8 Mixed 67.5 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.43 107% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 185 177 3733 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6920 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4771 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6744 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 43 (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 4	59.1% Above average	Read 112 Write 94 Mixed 78.1 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 74%

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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	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 $300	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