Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	107% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 09:45
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$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 (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 342 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 320B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 36.4 36% 40.8 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 33.9 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2974 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 589 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6109704278	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 400 Mixed 415 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 42.3 158% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 111 141% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 557GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 93 Write 92 Mixed 69.3 107% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 16GB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 9GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Read 36 Write 4.7 Mixed 9.54 16% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.26 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.002 31% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 2x8GB 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

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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	875x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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